The Concept of an Indian Literature

Author: P. Lal
Publisher: Writers Workshop
Year: 1987
Language: English
Pages: 70
ISBN/UPC (if available): NA

Description

These essays were commissioned by A.S. Raman, editor of The Illustrated Weekly of India, and published serially in that magazine in 1966. They are a tentative attempt to define the importance of “myth” in Indian literature and to trace its presence (or absence) in some of the literatures in the Indian languages I have a working knowledge of.

For the second edition, I have made minimal changes, but added substantially to the essay on Rabindranath Tagore. The excitement of exploration has its own rational and rewards, and I have refrained from attempting to excessively “improve” on the enthusiasm, relevant or misplaced, of my youth.

Contents

Literature and "Myth"

Three "Myths"

Sanskrit Drama

Rabindranath Tagor

Contemporary Hindi fiction

Indian writing in English

Index