Mulk Raj Anand - A Revaluation

Author: P K RajanPublisher: Arnold Associates/VarietyYear: 1995Language: EnglishPages: 204ISBN/UPC (if available): 8170313627 DescriptionThis book advances the view that there is an inherent pattern of dualism central to the humanistic vision of Mulk Raj Anand. This dualism is characteristic of the historical processes of Indian renaissance and the liberal democratic revolution in Indian that gained momentum with the growth of the freedom movement.Anand being a representative voice of this historical epoch reveals a propensity for ambivalent responses in his fictional works-a historically conditioned ambivalence which seems to leave its indelible mark on his novels as aesthetic structures.In this refreshing addition to Anand criticism, Dr P K Rajan makes a textual study of the novels of Anand which revels how Anand’s humanistic ambivalence becomes decisive not only in terms of the thematic content but in terms of the fictional forms of his works. Using the tools of dialectical approach