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women on women a reading of commonwealth women writers
this volume highlights the movement from a shared past under the broad rubric of commonwealth to an individual assertion of separate identities . although of the writers included in the volume some may have adopted western traditions of the novel others have moved towards their own regional local traditions of form and style . there is an unapologetic assertion of ethnic pride a consciousness of the otherness in their literary production at the same time that they appeal to a larger global readership . although a distinct pattern may not emerge out of the novels discussed a distinct voice does emerge out of the artistic expression of the writers which is at once assertive and subdued subtle and belligerent artistic and propagandist regional and cosmopolitan subjective as also preoccupied with the universal concerns of humanity . of interest also is the way these writers reconstruct the complexities and multiplicities of their lives through the various literary techniques they employ . the majority of the novelists included in this volume are those whose works have attracted critical attention not merely in their own countries but also internationally . established writers like margaret atwood nadine gordimer keri hulme and kate grenville figure side by side with younger upcoming writers like manju kapoor monica ali and chandini lokug .
hardcover rawat publications 2006 isbn13 9788131600108 isbn10 8131600106
abridged n isbn 13 9788131600108 number in series 1 number of pages 200 publisher rawat publications release date 62135769600000