Literature and Cultural Studies

The subject of culture studies is gaining new heights day by day. People are studying the subject as if they would study literature earlier. Maybe they are more interested in culture today than ever before. The evolution in terms of civilisation is one of the reasons for this. A study of culture and civilization need to go together. The present book has twenty essays, most of them on serious aspects of art, literature and other higher things. They deal with culture, literature, drama and cinema in their various ways, creative writing, language and style, travel, translation, feminism, sex and myth, diaspora and Dalit studies. This book will be of immense help for the students and scholars of English literature in India. About the Editor Mallikarjun Patil is an English novelist of repute. He is also a short story writer, translator and critic. He is Professor and Chairman, Dept of English, Karnatak University, Dharwad. His three novels When the Ground Shakes Beneath (2008), A Don in the Jungle (2008) and Under the Mango Tree (2009) are well received. This is India and Other Stories (2010) and Scenes from India are his major books of short fiction.He is known for his England’s trip and his Indian travels in the Himalayas.