BAPSI SIDHWA: Ice-Candy-Man

A STUDY

by: I.D. Sharma


ISBN 978-81-7977-449-6

Price: Rs. 68.00 (for individuals)
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pp.: 138 + vi

Bapsi Sidhwa remains a potent voice among the modern feminist writers. She is the only Parsi woman writer to write on the theme of Partition. Through the child narrator Lenny, Bapsi Sidhwa brings out her fictionalized autobiography. Sidwa has been a witness to the communal violence and frenzy in Lahore during 1947. She also deals with the theme of Partition and violence, the Parsi milieu, the problems of Asian women and the theme of marriage. Ice-Candy-Man is a great work of fiction at the present time. It is also a novel with political overtones and Sidwa presents Partition from Pakistan’s point of view.

The first edition of this critical study enjoyed an overwhelming response from readers and critics alike. In this second edition new study material has been incorporated to make it more comprehensive. Opinions of a number of critics have been pressed into service.

List of Contents:

LIFE AND WORKS OF BAPSI SIDHWA
A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF THE NOVEL
A SUMMARY OF THE NOVEL
A BRIEF STUDY OF NOVELS BASED ON PARTITION
LEADING THEMES IN THE NOVEL
STRUCTURE OF ICE-CANDY-MAN
TREATMENT OF WOMEN CHARACTERS IN SIDHWA’S NOVELS
ICE-CANDY-MAN AS A POLITICAL NOVEL
PORTRAYAL OF GANDHI IN ICE-CANDY-MAN
SIDHWA’S QUEST FOR THE CONTINUATION OF PARSI COMMUNITY
THE NOVEL TODAY
TONE OF THE NOVEL
VIOLENCE IN THE NOVEL
THE USE OF ALLEGORY IN THE NOVEL
POST-COLONIAL CONCERNS IN ICE-CANDY-MAN
FEMINISTIC CONCERNS IN ICE-CANDY-MAN
CHARACTER SKETCHES
SELECT CRITICISM
QUOTABLE QUOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY

A Textbook for Objective Questions in English Literature

for UGC's NET, Ph.D. entrance-exams and P.G. Students of English Literature.


by Manoj Kumar


ISBN 978-81-7977-446-5
pp. 152 (9 inches X 11.5 inches, untrimmed)
Price: Rs. 220.00


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This book, based entirely on the UGC’s NET syllabus, is the revised second edition of the A Textbook for Objective Questions in English Literature for UGC’s NET and Post-Graduate Students. The book has been prepared specially for the students who are preparing for UGC NET in English, and therefore for Ph.D. entrance examinations of various state universities also. The book is primarily designed to make a comprehensive study of the prescribed syllabus.

There are two type of books available in the market. Most of the books provide objective question bank. We know that there is no limit of the objective questions. The subjective knowledge of the literature is necessary for good preparation. No doubt there are also some books which provide subjective knowledge but these books provide insufficient knowledge. Some of these books provide either the list of the writer or the list of the works. The present book provides subjective material first followed by objective questions. This feature of the book makes it different from any other book available in the market. The entire book has been divided into ten units which is prescribed by UGC. Nothing irrelevant or superfluous has been given.

CONTENTS


Unit I  Chaucer to Shakespeare

Unit II Jacobean to Restoration Periods

Unit III Augustan Age: 18th Century Literature

Unit IV Romantic Period

Unit V Victorian Period

Unit VI Modern Period

Unit VII Contemporary Period

Unit VIII American and Other Non-British Literatures

Unit IX Literary Theory and Criticism

Unit X Rhetoric and Prosody


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Unsolved Papers

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A Handbook of English Language (I and II) for CTET, State Organized TET & Other Examinations

by: SUDHIR K. ARORA



Price: Rs. 125.00

pp.: 256

ISBN 978-81-7977-447-2








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Shakespeare: HAMLET

by: B.C. Chakravorty


Price: Rs. 175.00 (for individuals)
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pp.: 416 + (88 pages og Hindi Translation Free)

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Edited with Introduction to Shakespeare and Hamlet, Text, Paraphrase, Notes, Explanations and University Questions

Shakespeare: THE TEMPEST

by
Girish Saxena
Ruchi Shinghal


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pp.: 404 + 44 pages of Hindi Translation (Free)

ISBN 978-81-7977-445-8




Edited with Introduction to Shakespeare and The Tempest, Text, Paraphrase, Notes, Explanations and University Questions

Feminism and Indian English Fiction

edited by P.M. Nayak
S.P. Swain

Price: Rs. 125.00
pp.: 120
ISBN 978-81-7977-444-1


List of Contents:

Feminism and Our Fiction—John E. Abraham


Feminism and Indian English Fiction—S.N. Prasad

Tagore’s New Woman : A study of three fiction works—Soma Banerjee

Feminism and Anita Desai’s Cry, the Peacock and Where Shall We Go this Summer?—M. Mani Meitei

Exile as a Feminist Motive in Anita Desai’s Fire on the Mountain—Rama Nair

Woman as Possessor : A Reflection of Markandaya’s Anti-Patriarchal Rage and Divided-Consciousness in Possession—Ramesh K. Srivastava

Against Marginalisation of Indian Woman : A Feminist Reading of Shobha De’s Socialite Evenings—Soumyajit Samanta

The Dark Holds No Terrors : Assertion on the feminine psyche—S.P. Swain

Facets of Feminism : Roots and Shadows, Cry, the Peacock and Temporary Answers—G.D. Barche

Nayantara Sahgal and Feminism—T.R. Dash

Malgonkar’s Maharani : A Feminist View Point—Indira G. Bhatt

The Woman Question in R.K. Nayan’s Novels —Vimala Rao

A Manual of RHETORIC and PROSODY

by Manindranath Sinha

ISBN 81-85897-57-3

pp.: 170
Price: Rs. 125.00






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The study of Rhetoric and Prosody is a must for those who want to speak and write elegantly, focefully and impressively. A good knowledge of grammar helps us to express ourselves correctly, but it cannot make us express our thoughts in a charming and agreeable way. It is the knowledge of the rhetoric (ie. figures of speech) which enables us to do so. Anybody who has read Shakespeare's Julius Caesar knows how Antony, by the clever and good use of some figures of speech, swept of the hostile Roman mob, and won them to his side.

This manual has been written specially for students reading in the colleges of various Indian Universities. It has been written strictly on practical lines. A merely theoritical knowledge of the rules and principles of Rhetoric and Prosody is of little practical use, so at every step varied examples, specimens of model anaswers have been provided to illustrate these rules. Exercises have been appended at the end of each chapter to enable the students to put in practice what they have learnt in theory.

List of Contents :

        Introduction to Rhetoric
I. Figures of Speech, Exercise
II. Figures of Speech (Contd.) [Figures of Speech in Important passages explained] Exercise
III. The Choice of Words, Exercise
IV. The Sentence, Exercise
V. The Paragraph, Exercise
VI. The Qualities of Good Composition, Exercise

VII. Prosody
VIII. Prosody (Contd.) [A few Specimens of Scanned Passages], Exercise
IX. Rhyme (Rime)
X. Appendix-I, Exercise
XI. Appendix-II, Exercise
XII. Index