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Response to de Souza’s poetry fixates on Goa and the entertainment value of her satires on
Catholicism and Hindu beliefs. A dynamic of rejecting and wanting to belong to her sociocultural
community obscures the central issue of the gender struggle. The poems wage war
with men to be accepted by them and also against the terms on which such acceptance would
be accorded. Their success lies in creating a “near terrible poetic persona” with elements of
the tragic stage, that wins respect if not liking.
SHARMA, S.P. "Eunice de Souza's Satire" Journal of Indian Writing in English 10.1&2
(1982):17-20.
Devi, Chitra
"Introducing...Chitrita Devi" The Indian Pen 48.4-6 (1987):9-10. lang? genre? author?
Dharmaraj, Lila
JAIN, SUNITA. "Leela Dharmaraj, Ira De and Tapati Mookerji" in DWIVEDI, A.N. "Eves'
Song: Contemporary English Verse by Indian Women" Studies in Contemporary Indo-English
Verse: A Collection of Critical Essays. Vol. I Female Poets Bareilly: Prakash Book Depot,
1985: 132-40.
Dutt, Michael Madhusudan
BOSE, AMALENDU. Michael Madhusudan Dutt New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi,1982, 94
pp.
Dutt, Toru
BOSE, AMALENDU. “Evaluation of Toru Dutt: A Starting Point” Commonwealth
Quarterly 3.12 (1979): 4-17.
Assessment of Dutt cannot rely on biographical material, only the image of the poet from the
poetry. Cites responses to P. Lal’s questionnaire to show her decline in popularity. Suggests
looking at her work in the frame of Taine’s race, milieu, moment.
Provides a bio-bibliography. Asks what experience Toru had of love and considers one poem
and her reading of Meredith without arriving at any real conclusion.
DWIVEDI, A.N. Toru Dutt New Delhi: Arnold-Heinemann, 1974.
DWIVEDI, A.N. "Toru Dutt and Her Poetry" in RAO, K.S. NARAYANA. ed. World
Literature Written in English 14.2 (1975):278-90.
DWIVEDI, A.N. Toru Dutt New Delhi: Arnold Heinemann, 1977, 168 pp. [same as 1974?
DWIVEDI, A.N. “Toru Dutt and Sarojini Naidu: A Comparative Approach” Commonwealth
Quarterly 3.9 (1978): 82-94.
Bio-bibliographic appreciation. Both are Romantic lyricists despite Naidu’s later work
being contemporary with Modernism. Notes dismissal of them by the Writers Workshop
critics. Naidu’s crafted “jewelled phrases” and Sapphic passion contrast with Dutt’s simple
style but remain limited and subordinate to her nationalist activity. Dutt had a wider range,
including narrative skills, but “wooden” blank verse.
DWIVEDI, A.N. “Toru Dutt and Sarojini Naidu” Commonwealth Quarterly 9.28 (1984):
82-94.