Volume 1. Poetry, drama, and prose -- volume 2. Fiction.

Edited by P.P. Raveendran and G.S. Jayasree

Description

Volume 1:
Showcasing a range of writers of diverse styles and sensibilities, this two-volume anthology constitutes a selection of the seminal works of innovative writing in Malayalam, the language of Kerala, which has in recent years exerted a profound influence on the Indian literary imagination. The product of a fruitful alliance of writers and translators, this anthology represents a century and more of poetry, drama, fiction, and non-fictional prose by authors from varied social and cultural backgrounds. Both volumes are supported by a general introduction, introductions to individual sections, and biographical notes on the authors.
The contents of this volume, drawn from poetry, drama, and prose, demonstrate a creative struggle to rebuild tradition from a new perspective and signal a phenomenon that emphasizes the status of Malayalam as the language of social imagination.

Edited by P.P. Raveendran and G.S. Jayasree

Table of contents


Volume 1:

Preface
General Introduction

POETRY
Introduction

N. KUMARAN ASAN: Sita Immersed in Reflection
ULLOOR S. PARAMESWARA IYER: The Hymn of Love
VALLATHOL NARAYANA MENON: Father and Daughter
POIKAYIL APPACHAN: A Song
G. SANKARA KURUP: The Master Carpenter
P. KUNHIRAMAN NAIR: The Father Artiste
EDASSERI GOVINDAN NAIR: The Kuttippuram Bridge
EDAPPALLI RAGHAVAN PILLAI: The Toll of the Bell
NALAPAT BALAMANI AMMA: The Story of the Axe
VAILOPPILLI SREEDHARA MENON: The Son of Sahyan
CHANGAMPUZHA KRISHNA PILLAI: Manaswini, the Noble-Minded
N.V. KRISHNA WARRIOR: Rats
R. RAMACHANDRAN: To a Parted Companion
AKKITHAM ACHUTHAN NAMPOOTHIRI: The Berry in the Palm
N.N. KAKKAD: An Excerpt from the Epistle to Mr T.S. Eliot
K. AYYAPPA PANIKER: Lay of the Anklet
ATTOOR RAVI VARMA: Transition
O.N.V. KURUP: A Requiem to Mother Earth
B. SUGATHA KUMARI: The Temple Bell
KADAMMANITTA RAMAKRISHNAN: Shanta
VISHNU NARAYANAN NAMBOOTHIRI: The Autograph Tree
K. SATCHIDANANDAN: How to Go to the Tao Temple
D. VINAYACHANDRAN: Advent
K.G. SANKARA PILLAI: Rejection
A. AYYAPPAN: The Buddha and the Lamb
SAVITHRI RAJEEVAN: Gandhi
BALACHANDRAN CHULLIKKAD: Where Is John?
RAGHAVAN ATHOLI: Justice Cooked
VIJAYALAKSHMI: The Carpenter’s Daughter
P.P. RAMACHANDRAN: Before Our Very Eyes
S. JOSEPH: The Fishmonger
ANVAR ALI: Season of Rains
ANITHA THAMPI: Sweeping the Front Yard
M.R. RENUKUMAR: The Poison Fruit

DRAMA
Introduction

V.T. BHATTATHIRIPAD: From the Kitchen to the Stage
K. DAMODARAN: Lease Rent Arrears
PULIMANA PARAMESWARAN PILLAI: The Egalitarian
N. KRISHNA PILLAI: The Broken Home
THIKKODIYAN: Shower of Flowers
C.J. THOMAS: Crime 27 in 1128
THOPPIL BHASI: You Made Me a Communist
C.N. SREEKANTAN NAIR: Kanchana Sita
KAVALAM NARAYANA PANIKKAR: The Lone Tusker
K.T. MUHAMMAD: Sutradharan
G. SANKARA PILLAI: Bharatavakyam
N. SASIDHARAN AND E.P. RAJAGOPALAN: Kelu
P.M. THAJ: Ravunni
K.V. SREEJA: In Every Age

PROSE
Introduction

C. KESAVAN: Life’s Struggle
KUTTIKRISHNA MARAR: Two Salutations
KUTTIPPUZHA KRISHNA PILLAI: Sense of Beauty
JOSEPH MUNDASSERI: Kalidasa as Time’s Minion
M.P. PAUL: Perception of Beauty
AKKAMMA CHERIAN: The Story of 1114
E.M.S. NAMBOODIRIPAD: The Malayalam of Malayalis
CHERUKAD GOVINDA PISHARODI: Parting from the Path of Life
M.P. SANKUNNI NAIR: Sakuntala’s Foreign Sisters
M. GOVINDAN: The Psychology of Power
S. GUPTAN NAIR: Indian Poetics
SUKUMAR AZHIKODE: Toynbee and Manipravalam
P.K. BALAKRISHNAN: The Evolution of the Language and the Birth of Literature
M.K. SANOO: The Ivory Tower
M. LEELAVATHY: The Psychological Background of Faith
M.N. VIJAYAN: Old Truths and New Myths
KAVIYOOR MURALI: The Uncompromising Dalit Language
K.P. APPAN: The Gospel of the Angry
B. RAJEEVAN: Ethical Foundations of Modern Kerala
J. DEVIKA: Modernity, Childhood, Gender Difference: Reflections on Ammuvinte Aattinkutty

Includes bibliographical references.