THE TRIUMPH OF EROS OVER THANATOS: A CRITICAL STUDY OF DEATH THEMATICS IN INDIAN ENGLISH WOMEN POETRY
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https://doi.org/10.29121/shodhkosh.v5.i7.2024.3193Keywords:
Inevitable, Universal, Variegated Response, Pre and Post-Independence Poetry, Distinctive Vision, Comparative, International, FrameworkAbstract [English]
Death is an inevitable reality and phenomenon of human life which continues to be a universal concern in literatures across Time and Space. The theme of death has evoked variegated responses from litterateurs ranging from ‘ rage rage against the dying of light’ ( Dylan Thomas) to a ‘lover’s pinch which hurts and is desired’ (Shakespeare). It continues to be one of the significant themes in Indian English poetry also , finding expression in pre- and post -independence Indian writings. From Toru Dutt and Sarojini Naidu to the poets writing today, the poetry of Indian English women poets contains various and variegated literary representations of death .This paper takes up an in-depth study of the theme of death in the contemporary poets. It brings out their philosophy and vision of life vis-a-vis death , and also places them in a comparative international frame.
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