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This anthology of essays maps the divergent issues that have become relevant in contemporary Indian English poetry and drama. By providing a clear idea about the new themes, techniques and methods used by the Indian English poets and playwrights to address the issues emerging in the changing socio-cultural scenario, particularly during the post-globalization period, the essays offer insightful observations on canon formation and its reception. It is high time to consider afresh whether the canons of Indian English poetry and drama have widened their scope to include innovative forms of writing or whether they have evolved significantly to generate novel perspectives. These questions, which are linked with the issue of canon formation and its reception are intricately woven into the fabric of these essays. This anthology will respond to the scholarly interests of inquisitive students, research scholars and academics in the field of Indian English literature.

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Arnab Kumar Sinha is Assistant Professor in the Department of English and Culture Studies at the University of Burdwan, India. He is the co-editor of the book Indian Fiction in English: Mapping the Contemporary Literary Landscape (2014), has published articles in several journals and books, and has also presented papers at many national and international conferences and seminars. His areas of interest include African literature, South Asian literature and postcolonial criticism.Sajalkumar Bhattacharya is Professor and Head of the Department of English at Kazi Nazrul University, India. He wrote his PhD thesis on ""The Family-Nation Interface in Indian English Fiction with Special Reference to Select Novels of Salman Rushdie and Amitav Ghosh"", for which he was awarded a UGC Fellowship. He is a recipient of the prestigious Charles Wallace Fellowship. His areas of interest include nineteenth-century British literature, Indian and other new literatures in English, and Bhasa literature. He has authored In Search of Some Blessed Hope – A Critical Inquiry into Hardy's Meliorism (2010), and co-edited both Indian Fiction in English: Mapping the Contemporary Literary Landscape (2014) and The Diasporic Dilemma: Exile, Alienation and Belonging (2014).Himadri Lahiri was Professor in the Department of English at the University of Burdwan, India. He has published Asians in America: Diasporic Perspectives in Literature (2011), Diaspora Theory and Transnationalism (2019) and edited the volume Literary Transactions in a Globalized Context: Multi-Ethnicity, Gender and the Market Place (2011). He has also co-edited Ethnic Literatures of America: Diaspora and Intercultural Studies (2005) and Violence and Its Representations (2012). His articles have been published in various national and international journals and anthologies. His areas of interest include diaspora studies, American literature, Indian English literature and twentieth-century British poetry.

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