The present book is a collection of research
articles on diverse themes in literary texts. The articles contributed by
academicians and researchers deal with multifarious outlooks in literature. The
book contains following research articles. The very first article entitled,
“Some Indian Influences on Allen Ginsberg’s Vision and Poetics” has been
written by Dr. Shambhu Lal Verma. It presents the importance and influences of
Indianness on the ideology and theme in the works of Allen Ginsberg. The second
article has been written by Dr. U. Fathima Farzana with the title, “Embodied Virtuality in William
Gibson’s Neuromancer”. It explores
scientific elements in the works of William Gibson. The third article, “Refrigerated Cultures: An Ezekielien Tale” by Jithya Merin Paul,
explores elements of Indian culture in Nissin Ezekiel’s works. The forth
article, “Textual Interfaces:
Navigating the Textual Mazes of Hypertext Fictions” has been written by Dr Anu
S. It is remarkable to disclose some basic ideas of
the concept of hypertext in fictional works. Minu V.’s “Posthuman Subject
and Aesthetics of Posthuman Theatre: Analysis of Richard Jordan’s Machina”
explores the elements of modernistic concerns in a contemporary play. The next
article by Ms. Ambika Bhatnagar & Ms. Bhawna Tomar explores
the concept of disability literature in general and particular. It is the
seventh article entitled as “Interpreting
Disability as Radical Vulnerability”. The article, “The ‘Other’ Women of Canada: Anglophone
Canadian Literature and her Women of Colour” has been well explored by Dr. Swagata Bhattacharya. The eighth article, “New Dimensions of Blackness in Contemporary American
Fiction” by Dr Nisha M is notable to point out conceptual and pragmatic
concerns related to racial studies in American fictions. The next article, “Revisiting
Holocaust: Memory in Contemporary Fiction” has been written
by Ms. Bhawna Tomar & Ms. Ambika Bhatnagar. It presents some contemporary
ethos related to modern literature. The tenth article, “Hope Rises Like a Phoenix from the Ashes of
Shattered Dreams: A Study With Reference to Quest for Survival in Three
Afro-American Fictions”, by Prof. Prajakta S. Raut presents
the idea of existential study in Afro-American Fiction. Gayatri Anand explores “A Post-Critical
(Re)turn to Syrian Aesthetics-With special reference to the authorship of
Khaled Khalifa, Samar Yazbek and Nihad Sirees” in the eleventh article of the
book. The article of Ravindra Hanmantrao Sagar
is very remarkable to disclose “Power
and Politics in the Plays of Vijay Tendulkar”. Hanna Isath N points out “The Threat of the
East, Bais of the West, The Cry of the Migrants and Rising Islamophobia” with
the help of literary instances. Aditi Ghosh presents a “Study of the tension
between ending and closure in Beasts of No Nation by Uzodinma Iweala”. The
last article by Dr. Annapoorna Iyer presents a study of “Multiculturalism
and Heteronormative Responses to Populism in Eleanor Catton’s The
Luminaries”.