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DWIVEDI, SURESH CHANDRA. ed. Perspectives on Nissim Ezekiel: Esays in Honour of
Rosemary C. Wilkinson New Delhi: K.M. Agencies, 1989, 280pp.
GARMAN, MICHAEL. "Nissim Ezekiel - Pilgrimage and Myth" Visvabharati Quarterly
38.1-2 (1972-3):93-111.
GOWDA, H.H. ANNIAH. "Nissim Ezekiel's Plays." Literary Half-Yearly 14, no.1 (1973):
11-15.
Ezekiel, primarily a poet, is a good dramatist as well, as is shown by Three Plays.
Nalini is the best, distinguished by the intensity of the dialogue; the final act of this three-act
play is in the nature of a choric commentary. The Sleepwalkers, though a farce, is tautly
constructed, and criticises Indian and American society, while Mariage Poem, a tragi-comedy
about marital breakdown, is true of a large number of families. [From Full Annots:A basic
retelling (in fractured English) of the plot-line of Nalini: A Comedy, with short summations of
Marriage Poem and The Sleepwalkers.
JOURNAL of Indian Writing in English 14.2 (1986) Special issue
ACHARYA, N.P. "Achievement and Failure in Nissim Ezekiel's Poetry" :73-90. Acharya
draws on previous critical works in his chronological analysis of the technique and styles to be
found in Ezekiel's body of work.
ANKLESARIA, HAVOVI. "On the Fringes of Journalism: The Prose of Nissim
Ezekiel":101-8. This approving critique of a less well known aspect of Ezekiel's writing
examines his literary and art reviews and concludes that Ezekiel displays a 'characteristic sense
of balance' in prose which has no pretensions to research and is free of rationalization.
ANKLESARIA, ZERIN. "Wit in the Poetry of Nissim Ezekiel":41-8.
Anklesaria concentrates primarily on the structure of Ezekiel's 'Sixty Poems' with an
examination of his use of metephor and analogy. [OK KJL]
BHAGWAT, CHARU. "Poet-Rascal-Clown of Hymns in Darkness":91-100. A caustic
critique of Hymns in Darkness which draws on English classicism in general and T. S. Eliot in
particular in contrast to what Bhagwat sees as Ezeliel's lack sincerity and self-exploration as
well as his inappropriate use of wit.
CHACKO, P.M. "Ezekiel's Family Poems":24-40.
Comments upon the confessional and intimate domestic nature of Ezekiel's family poems.
Chacko also examines Ezekiels journey of self-discovery through his poetry.
DAMODAR, G. "Search for Identity: An Estimate of Ezekiel's Poetry":58-64. In complete
contrast to Naik's article, Damodar finds that Ezekiel's poetry reveals a theme of a deep and
abiding commitment to both India and the city of Bombay.
DANI, N.D. "An Interview with Nissim Ezekiel":117-21.
DWIVEDI, A.N. "Modernity in Nissim Ezekiel's Poetry":65-72. A relatively unfocussed
examination of the technique and motifs used in Ezekiel's poems as evidence of 'modernity'.
GUHA, A.S. "Nissim Ezekiel's India":17-23.
Guha's article looks at the theme of an Indian reality in Ezekiel's poems in the context of his
awareness of both the human and social aspects of Indian society.
NAIK, M.K. "Nissim Ezekiel and Alienation":49-57. A not completely convincing argument
on the role of alienation in Ezekiel's poetry which seems to get caught up more in Ezekiel's use
of irony than any evidence of the struggle which the author feels should be taking place.
PATEL, TONI. "Is It Pleasant to Meet Mr. Ezekiel!":109-16.
PRASAD, B. N. "Latter-Day Psalms": 131-136