v. 1. 600 B.C. to the early twentieth century.
"A book that is revolutionary and presents a view of Indian life
and history never coherently put together before and which it will
be impossible ever again to ignore. It will be considered a
landmark." —New York Review of Books
"Susie Tharu and K. Lalita have given the English-speaking world a
special gift by compiling this marvelously rich, intelligent
collection. . . . Tharu and Lalita offer brilliant interpretations
of how Western historians have read the history of India either as
an allegory of 'Western man's soul' or translated into 'something
that was accessible, familiar, and above all structured for
intervention and control.' Tharu and Lalita also show how women's
literature around the world has until now been largely understood
through the narrow Euro-American lens." —New Directions of
Women
"This splendid anthology makes visible for the first time the
contours of a veritable subcontinent of women writing. The
selections are wise and revealing; the introduction, meticulous and
seminal. It should establish once and for all that in the study of
Indian cultural history the importance of gender, far from being
marginal, is profoundly structural." —C.M. Naim, founding editor of
Journal of South Asian Literature
"A book that is revolutionary and presents a view of Indian life
and history never coherently put together before and which it will
be impossible ever again to ignore. It will be considered a
landmark." New York Review of Books
"Susie Tharu and K. Lalita have given the English-speaking world a
special gift by compiling this marvelously rich, intelligent
collection. . . . Tharu and Lalita offer brilliant interpretations
of how Western historians have read the history of India either as
an allegory of 'Western man's soul' or translated into 'something
that was accessible, familiar, and above all structured for
intervention and control.' Tharu and Lalita also show how women's
literature around the world has until now been largely understood
through the narrow Euro-American lens." New Directions of
Women
"This splendid anthology makes visible for the first time the
contours of a veritable subcontinent of women writing. The
selections are wise and revealing; the introduction, meticulous and
seminal. It should establish once and for all that in the study of
Indian cultural history the importance of gender, far from being
marginal, is profoundly structural." C.M. Naim, founding editor of
Journal of South Asian Literature
This remarkable second volume includes over 140 representative autobiographies, dramas, poems, and short stories from 73 writers born after 1905, along with well-researched criticism, biographies, bibliographies, and helpful glosses. (The exceptionally perceptive editors were assisted by 12 regional editors.) After overcoming unusual text-location difficulties, editors Tharu and Lalita also surmounted stereotypical cultural/political/conceptual attitudes and judgments. Like Volume 1 ( LJ 5/15/91), Volume 2 is a treasure-trove, a triumphant achievement that is long overdue and vitally needed to give women writers their rightful place in India's rich literary history.-- Glenn O. Carey, Eastern Kentucky Univ., Richmond
"A book that is revolutionary and presents a view of Indian life
and history never coherently put together before and which it will
be impossible ever again to ignore. It will be considered a
landmark." -New York Review of Books "Susie Tharu and K. Lalita
have given the English-speaking world a special gift by compiling
this marvelously rich, intelligent collection. . . . Tharu and
Lalita offer brilliant interpretations of how Western historians
have read the history of India either as an allegory of 'Western
man's soul' or translated into 'something that was accessible,
familiar, and above all structured for intervention and control.'
Tharu and Lalita also show how women's literature around the world
has until now been largely understood through the narrow
Euro-American lens." -New Directions of Women "This splendid
anthology makes visible for the first time the contours of a
veritable subcontinent of women writing. The selections are wise
and revealing; the introduction, meticulous and seminal. It should
establish once and for all that in the study of Indian cultural
history the importance of gender, far from being marginal, is
profoundly structural." -C.M. Naim, founding editor of Journal of
South Asian Literature
"A book that is revolutionary and presents a view of Indian life
and history never coherently put together before and which it will
be impossible ever again to ignore. It will be considered a
landmark." New York Review of Books "Susie Tharu and K. Lalita have
given the English-speaking world a special gift by compiling this
marvelously rich, intelligent collection. . . . Tharu and Lalita
offer brilliant interpretations of how Western historians have read
the history of India either as an allegory of 'Western man's soul'
or translated into 'something that was accessible, familiar, and
above all structured for intervention and control.' Tharu and
Lalita also show how women's literature around the world has until
now been largely understood through the narrow Euro-American lens."
New Directions of Women "This splendid anthology makes visible for
the first time the contours of a veritable subcontinent of women
writing. The selections are wise and revealing; the introduction,
meticulous and seminal. It should establish once and for all that
in the study of Indian cultural history the importance of gender,
far from being marginal, is profoundly structural." C.M. Naim,
founding editor of Journal of South Asian Literature
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