Studies in Literature in English, Vol. 14, is intended to meet the growing demand for the series. The volume covers a wide range of authors and subjects across space and time. The seven essays on mainstream British literature cover a range of canonical authors including the poets Robert Herrick, John Keats, and novelists like Thomas Hardy and E.M. Forster, in addition to W.H. Auden’s wartime poetry and Edward Bond’s post-war drama. The volume is further enriched by the illuminating essays on renowned American authors like O. Henry, Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, in addition to a new perspective on Black American literature. Furthermore, Caribbean immigrant writing as represented by Samuel Selvon’s works receives critical attention. The discussions focused on the Indian literary scenario shed new lights on Rabindranath Tagore, and R.K. Narayan, as well as some known partition writers. Another highlight of the present volume is its reflection of the growing interest in, and validity of, apparently daring comparisons across cultures and spaces. Thomas Hardy’s Tess has been studied alongside the famous Sanskrit dramatist Kalidasa’s Sakuntalå, whereas American Black literature has been studied together with Marathi Dalit literature of India, and Robert Herrick with John Crowe Ransom. Students, scholars and general readers of English literature will find the anthology both useful and enjoyable.

Table of Contents:
Preface; 1. Tradition and Modernity: A Study of Two Poems–Tripti Tannu; 2. Keats’ Positive Religiosity: A Probe into His Artistic Integrity –Gauri Shankar Jha; 3. Keats as a Critic of His Own Works–Prashant Mishra; 4. Exploitation of Sakuntala and Tess–R. Chanana; 5. ‘Friends again, yet...’: The Ending of A Passage to India: A Study in Ambiguity–Rama Kundu; 6. A Note on Auden’s “Clever Hopes” in “A Low Dishonest Decade”–Sanjoy Saksena; 7. Saved: From ‘Alienation Effects’ to ‘Aggro-effects’–Antara Mukherjee; 8. New York City as a Spiritual Play-ground for O. Henry’s Imagination–U. Ramamurthy and G.M. Sundaravalli; 9. Resistance and Retreat in the Plays of Arthur Miller–Dashrath; 10. Glorification of Defeat in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman–Dashrath; 11. Identity Crisis in the Plays of Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams–Dashrath; 12. Ethics of Survival in Black American Literature and Marathi Dalit Literature: A Comparison–Mukta Mahajan; 13. Samuel Selvon’s Moses Trilogy: The Concoction of Hybrid Identities –Serafin Roldan-Santiago; 14. Sådhanå in Tagore’s Writings–R. Shanthi; 15. Short Stories of R.K. Narayan: Tradition and Modernity –Pulakesh Ghosh; 16. Partition, Language and Indian English Writer–Sharad Rajimwale; 17. Second Thoughts: A Critical Study–Mahaswata Gupta; 18. Literature on the Way to the Knowledge Society–Anurag Chauhan and G.A. Ghanshyam; 19. History, Politics, and Contemporary Postmodern Fiction–Madan M. Sharma; Contributors