A new vantage from which to look at literature and politics simultaneously

A new vantage from which to look at literature and politics simultaneously

[ad_1] Prasanta Chakravarty’s Attention and Drift: Santayana and Cavell in the Present is an exuberant addition to what is already a versatile and impressive oeuvre. Chakravarty’s doctoral work was on the literature of the English Civil War of the 17th century. Since then, without losing his footing in the earlier centuries, he has engaged with … Read more

Arun Gokul gives Malayalam literature its catchy book covers

Arun Gokul gives Malayalam literature its catchy book covers

[ad_1] Bookcovers designed by Arun Gokul | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Book cover designer Arun Gokul says that when it comes to the attention book cover designers get in Kerala, it is 1/8 demy size. This measures 5.5 inches by 8.5 inches, and is the traditional measurement of a book like a textbook or a … Read more

From the ‘Miller’s Tale’ to King Lear’s roaring sea, a history of flooding in literature

From the ‘Miller’s Tale’ to King Lear’s roaring sea, a history of flooding in literature

[ad_1] Geoffrey Chaucer’s Miller’s Tale is renowned for its salacious storyline of sexual misadventure. Set in 14th-century Oxford, it tells the tale of John the Carpenter, a husband so terrified that another “Noah’s flood” is coming to drown the world that he sleeps in a basket in the attic – freeing his wife to bed … Read more

‘What unites the Kannada world is an admiration for vachana literature’: Writer Srikar Raghavan

‘What unites the Kannada world is an admiration for vachana literature’: Writer Srikar Raghavan

[ad_1] As may be expected, reviews of Rama Bhima Soma: Cultural Investigations into Modern Karnataka have focused on the vast and varied connections between life and literature, and state and society, that the book has aimed to chronicle. Karnataka, the home state of the author, is the playground for the ball game introduced to us … Read more