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Heinemann, 1980: 201-07. Also Atlantic Highlands: Humanities, 1981, 314pp. Reissued,<br />

New Delhi: Arnold-Heinemann, 1982.<br />

RAMAKRISHNAN, E.V. "Kamala Das as a Confessional Poet" Journal <strong>of</strong> Indian Writing in<br />

English 5.1 (1977):29-34.<br />

RAO, P. MALLIKARJUNA. “Love Poetry <strong>of</strong> Kamala Das.” Triveni (sp.?) April-June,<br />

1989, 51-56. Her love poems combine the indigenous traditions <strong>of</strong> Abhisarika and Sahaja<br />

and the confessional mode <strong>of</strong> the West. Divides her work into two phases, 1) obsessive<br />

concern with physical love, 2) focus on ideal love. Contrasts Das’ treatment <strong>of</strong> the Krishna<br />

motif with that <strong>of</strong> Sarajini Naidu.<br />

RAO, VIMALA. "Kamala Das - The Limits <strong>of</strong> Over-Exposure" in DWIVEDI, A.N. "Eves'<br />

Song: Contemporary English Verse by Indian Women" Studies in Contemporary Indo-English<br />

Verse: A Collection <strong>of</strong> Critical Essays. Vol. I Female Poets Bareilly: Prakash Book Depot,<br />

1985: 87-96.<br />

RAO, VIMALA. "The Poetry <strong>of</strong> Kamala Das: Limits to Overexposure" Commonwealth<br />

Quarterly 17 (1980):17-28.<br />

RAVINDRAN, SANKARAN. "National and Regional Elements in Poetic Structure: "The<br />

Dream Flower", "Old House" and Structuralism" Journal <strong>of</strong> Indian Writing in English 18.2<br />

(1990):103-112.<br />

SHARMA, I.K. "Mary and Mira: A Study <strong>of</strong> Kamala Das" Commonwealth Quarterly 10<br />

(1980):36-47.<br />

SHARMA, I.K. "The Irony <strong>of</strong> Sex: A Study <strong>of</strong> Kamala Das's Poetry" in DAS, BIJAY<br />

KUMAR ed. Contemporary Indo-English Poetry Bareilly: Prakash Book Depot, 1986: 41-9.<br />

SHARMA, MOHAN LAL. "The Road to Brindaban: The Theme <strong>of</strong> Love in Kamala Das'<br />

Poetry" in DWIVEDI, A.N. "Eves' Song: Contemporary English Verse by Indian Women"<br />

Studies in Contemporary Indo-English Verse: A Collection <strong>of</strong> Critical Essays. Vol. I Female<br />

Poets Bareilly: Prakash Book Depot, 1985: 97-111.<br />

SINGH, KIRPAL. "Kamala Das and the Problem with 'Composition'" Journal <strong>of</strong> Indian<br />

Writing in English 7.1 (1980):1-9.<br />

SYAL, PUSHPINDER. "The Poetry <strong>of</strong> Kamala Das" PURBA 8.1-2 (April-October<br />

1977):61-73.<br />

VENUGOPAL, C.V. “Kamala Das: The Seeker After Truth” in PRASAD,<br />

MADHUSUDHAN ed. Living Indian English Poets New Delhi: Sterling (1989): 143-47.<br />

Stresses Das’s blatant honesty and conversational intimacy. Her limited thematic range<br />

and stylistic flair are overshadowed by the shock value <strong>of</strong> refusing conventional attitudes to<br />

sex and gender. but there is a deeper questioning <strong>of</strong> unpalatable truths.<br />

Das, Manoj

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