Anita Desai and Her Fictional World English 2007

General Introduction: The Indian English Fiction; 1. Bio-Bibliographical Background of Anita Desai; 2. Anita Desai: A Novelist with a Difference; 3. Novels of Initial Phase: Shift from Collective to Personal — CTP, VITC, BBB; 4. Novels of Middle Phase: Progressive Phase of Feminine Self-Perception — WSWGTS, OTM, TVBTS, CLOD; 5. Novels of Third Phase: Analysing Male Consciousness — IC, BB; 6. Novels of Mature Phase: A Tinge of Variety — JTI, FF, TZW; 7. Short Stories of Desai; 8. Narrative Technique of Anita Desai; 9. Feminism and Desai; 10. Alienation and Anita Desai; 11. Existentialist Vision of Anita Desai; 12. Social Consciousness of Anita Desai; 13. Desai"s Women Characters and Power Relation between Sexes; 14. Desai: A Psychologist behind a Novelist; 15. Desai: A High Priest of Nature; 16. Desai"s Concept of "Marriage" as a Social Institution; 17. Socio-Religious Aspect in the Novels of Anita Desai; 18. Four Decades of Her Prose: Her Comments; Bibliography