Angular Desire (Paperback)

Srinivas Rayaprol

ISBN 10: 1784109258 / ISBN 13: 9781784109257

Published by Carcanet Press Ltd, 2020

About this Item

Paperback. Poetry Book Society Spring 2020 Special Commendation. A handful of writers defines the canon of postcolonial anglophone poetry in India. Srinivas Rayaprol has generally been omitted from the list, but his recently published correspondence with William Carlos Williams and publisher James Laughlin reveals an accomplished, complex and enigmatic figure torn between opposing forces. His Brahmin Indian background and his profession as a civil engineer in a newly independent country were at odds with his Western education, literary vocation and demonic impulses. Such contradictions are expressed in his intense poetry, here restored to print, providing insights into Anglo-Indian and American writing, and a unique contribution to international literary modernism. The first Western edition of the poetry of the great anglophone poet of postcolonial India, Srinivas Rayaprol. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Angular Desire (Paperback)
• Publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1784109258
• ISBN 13: 9781784109257
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

A rediscovered voice in Indian postcolonial literature. Srinivas Rayaprol's Angular Desire showcases the intense poetry and insightful prose of an enigmatic figure, long omitted from the canon. Torn between his Indian Brahmin roots and Western influences, Rayaprol's work explores cultural hybridity, love, and the search for self with a unique modernist sensibility.This collection, edited by Graziano Krätli and Vidyan Ravinthiran, offers a fresh perspective on Anglo-Indian and American writing. Rayaprol's verses, influenced by William Carlos Williams and resistant to Yvor Winters' formalism, break from established Indian literary traditions. For readers interested in postcolonial identity, modern poetry, and the complexities of cultural belonging, Angular Desire is a compelling rediscovery.

About the Author

Graziano Krätli is a translator, editor, and author who works as a librarian at Yale University. Vidyan Ravinthiran is an Associate Professor at Harvard University, and the author of two books of poetry. Srinivas Rayaprol’s correspondence with William Carlos Williams has been published as Why Should I Write a Poem Now: The Letters of Srinivas Rayaprol and William Carlos Williams, 1949-1958 (2018), edited by Graziano Krätli.