india author m 1- a-nan - University of Wollongong
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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