This volume offers a selection of critical essays on texts that can be broadly categorized as popular literature. The essays are inclined to question the idea of ‘the Canon’ and re-consider the divide between the canonical and the popular. As such, besides engaging in a serious critical reading of typical popular literary texts like "The Jungle Book" and "The Hound of the Baskervilles", the book also considers populist tendencies in literary classics like "Jane Eyre" and "Frankenstein". It will be of interest to young scholars and readers of popular literature, science fiction, detective fiction, genre studies, and culture studies.
The volume’s contributors are: Anisha Ghosh, Arnab Dasgupta, Goutam Karmakar, Jaya Sarkar, Jaydip Sarkar, Madhuparna Mitra Guha, Mandika Sinha, Mitarik Barma, Pinaki Roy, Puja Chakraborty, Rajadipta Roy, Rupayan Mukherjee, Shirsendu Mandal, Shubham Dey.
Rupayan Mukherjee
Rupayan Mukherjee, Ph.D., lectures English at University B.T. and Evening College, Cooch Behar (West Bengal, India). He is the co-editor of Partition Literature and Cinema: A Critical Introduction (Routledge, 2020) and Popular Literature: Texts, Contexts, Contestations (Ibidem/Columbia University Press, 2022).
Jaydip Sarkar
Jaydip Sarkar, Ph.D., is associate professor of English at University B.T. and Evening College, Cooch Behar, a constituent college of University of North Bengal (in the district of Darjeeling, West Bengal, India). Deeply interested in diasporic writings, he has edited and co-edited such books as Writing Difference: Nationalism, Identity and Literature (Atlantic, 2013), A Handbook of Rhetoric and Prosody (Orient Blackswan, 2018), Partition Literature and Cinema: A Critical Introduction (Routledge, 2020), and Popular Literature: Text, Context, Contestation (Ibidem/Columbia University Press, 2021). He has attended several national and international conferences in India and abroad.
Mitarik Barma
Dr. Rupayan Mukherjee studied English Literature at Jadavpur University and University of North Bengal, India. Since 2017, he is lecturer of English at the University B.T. & Evening College in Cooch Behar, India. His previous books include Partition Literature and Cinema: A Critical Introduction (Routledge 2020). His papers have been published by, among other outlets, Rupkatha Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities and Labyrinth: An International Refereed Journal of Postmodern Studies. Dr. Jaydip Sarkar studied English Literature at University of North Bengal, India. Since 2015, he is Associate Professor of English at the University B.T. & Evening College in Cooch Behar, India. His previous books include A Handbook of Rhetoric and Prosody (Orient BlackSwan 2018), Partition Literature and Cinema: A Critical Introduction (Routledge 2020), Writing Difference: Nationalism, Identity and Literature (Atlantic 2013) and Unmasking Power: Subjectivity and Resistance in Indian Drama in English (Papyrus 2014). His papers have been published by, among other outlets, Symposium and Labyrinth: An International Refereed Journal of Postmodern Studies.
Puja Chakraborty
Dr. Rupayan Mukherjee studied English Literature at Jadavpur University and University of North Bengal, India. Since 2017, he is lecturer of English at the University B.T. & Evening College in Cooch Behar, India. His previous books include Partition Literature and Cinema: A Critical Introduction (Routledge 2020). His papers have been published by, among other outlets, Rupkatha Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities and Labyrinth: An International Refereed Journal of Postmodern Studies. Dr. Jaydip Sarkar studied English Literature at University of North Bengal, India. Since 2015, he is Associate Professor of English at the University B.T. & Evening College in Cooch Behar, India. His previous books include A Handbook of Rhetoric and Prosody (Orient BlackSwan 2018), Partition Literature and Cinema: A Critical Introduction (Routledge 2020), Writing Difference: Nationalism, Identity and Literature (Atlantic 2013) and Unmasking Power: Subjectivity and Resistance in Indian Drama in English (Papyrus 2014). His papers have been published by, among other outlets, Symposium and Labyrinth: An International Refereed Journal of Postmodern Studies.
Arnab Dasgupta
Dr. Rupayan Mukherjee studied English Literature at Jadavpur University and University of North Bengal, India. Since 2017, he is lecturer of English at the University B.T. & Evening College in Cooch Behar, India. His previous books include Partition Literature and Cinema: A Critical Introduction (Routledge 2020). His papers have been published by, among other outlets, Rupkatha Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities and Labyrinth: An International Refereed Journal of Postmodern Studies. Dr. Jaydip Sarkar studied English Literature at University of North Bengal, India. Since 2015, he is Associate Professor of English at the University B.T. & Evening College in Cooch Behar, India. His previous books include A Handbook of Rhetoric and Prosody (Orient BlackSwan 2018), Partition Literature and Cinema: A Critical Introduction (Routledge 2020), Writing Difference: Nationalism, Identity and Literature (Atlantic 2013) and Unmasking Power: Subjectivity and Resistance in Indian Drama in English (Papyrus 2014). His papers have been published by, among other outlets, Symposium and Labyrinth: An International Refereed Journal of Postmodern Studies.
Shubham Dey
Dr. Rupayan Mukherjee studied English Literature at Jadavpur University and University of North Bengal, India. Since 2017, he is lecturer of English at the University B.T. & Evening College in Cooch Behar, India. His previous books include Partition Literature and Cinema: A Critical Introduction (Routledge 2020). His papers have been published by, among other outlets, Rupkatha Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities and Labyrinth: An International Refereed Journal of Postmodern Studies. Dr. Jaydip Sarkar studied English Literature at University of North Bengal, India. Since 2015, he is Associate Professor of English at the University B.T. & Evening College in Cooch Behar, India. His previous books include A Handbook of Rhetoric and Prosody (Orient BlackSwan 2018), Partition Literature and Cinema: A Critical Introduction (Routledge 2020), Writing Difference: Nationalism, Identity and Literature (Atlantic 2013) and Unmasking Power: Subjectivity and Resistance in Indian Drama in English (Papyrus 2014). His papers have been published by, among other outlets, Symposium and Labyrinth: An International Refereed Journal of Postmodern Studies.
Anisha Ghosh
Dr. Rupayan Mukherjee studied English Literature at Jadavpur University and University of North Bengal, India. Since 2017, he is lecturer of English at the University B.T. & Evening College in Cooch Behar, India. His previous books include Partition Literature and Cinema: A Critical Introduction (Routledge 2020). His papers have been published by, among other outlets, Rupkatha Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities and Labyrinth: An International Refereed Journal of Postmodern Studies. Dr. Jaydip Sarkar studied English Literature at University of North Bengal, India. Since 2015, he is Associate Professor of English at the University B.T. & Evening College in Cooch Behar, India. His previous books include A Handbook of Rhetoric and Prosody (Orient BlackSwan 2018), Partition Literature and Cinema: A Critical Introduction (Routledge 2020), Writing Difference: Nationalism, Identity and Literature (Atlantic 2013) and Unmasking Power: Subjectivity and Resistance in Indian Drama in English (Papyrus 2014). His papers have been published by, among other outlets, Symposium and Labyrinth: An International Refereed Journal of Postmodern Studies.
Goutam Karmakar
Dr. Rupayan Mukherjee studied English Literature at Jadavpur University and University of North Bengal, India. Since 2017, he is lecturer of English at the University B.T. & Evening College in Cooch Behar, India. His previous books include Partition Literature and Cinema: A Critical Introduction (Routledge 2020). His papers have been published by, among other outlets, Rupkatha Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities and Labyrinth: An International Refereed Journal of Postmodern Studies. Dr. Jaydip Sarkar studied English Literature at University of North Bengal, India. Since 2015, he is Associate Professor of English at the University B.T. & Evening College in Cooch Behar, India. His previous books include A Handbook of Rhetoric and Prosody (Orient BlackSwan 2018), Partition Literature and Cinema: A Critical Introduction (Routledge 2020), Writing Difference: Nationalism, Identity and Literature (Atlantic 2013) and Unmasking Power: Subjectivity and Resistance in Indian Drama in English (Papyrus 2014). His papers have been published by, among other outlets, Symposium and Labyrinth: An International Refereed Journal of Postmodern Studies.
Madhuparna Mitra Guha
Dr. Rupayan Mukherjee studied English Literature at Jadavpur University and University of North Bengal, India. Since 2017, he is lecturer of English at the University B.T. & Evening College in Cooch Behar, India. His previous books include Partition Literature and Cinema: A Critical Introduction (Routledge 2020). His papers have been published by, among other outlets, Rupkatha Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities and Labyrinth: An International Refereed Journal of Postmodern Studies. Dr. Jaydip Sarkar studied English Literature at University of North Bengal, India. Since 2015, he is Associate Professor of English at the University B.T. & Evening College in Cooch Behar, India. His previous books include A Handbook of Rhetoric and Prosody (Orient BlackSwan 2018), Partition Literature and Cinema: A Critical Introduction (Routledge 2020), Writing Difference: Nationalism, Identity and Literature (Atlantic 2013) and Unmasking Power: Subjectivity and Resistance in Indian Drama in English (Papyrus 2014). His papers have been published by, among other outlets, Symposium and Labyrinth: An International Refereed Journal of Postmodern Studies.
Shirsendu Mondal
Dr. Rupayan Mukherjee studied English Literature at Jadavpur University and University of North Bengal, India. Since 2017, he is lecturer of English at the University B.T. & Evening College in Cooch Behar, India. His previous books include Partition Literature and Cinema: A Critical Introduction (Routledge 2020). His papers have been published by, among other outlets, Rupkatha Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities and Labyrinth: An International Refereed Journal of Postmodern Studies. Dr. Jaydip Sarkar studied English Literature at University of North Bengal, India. Since 2015, he is Associate Professor of English at the University B.T. & Evening College in Cooch Behar, India. His previous books include A Handbook of Rhetoric and Prosody (Orient BlackSwan 2018), Partition Literature and Cinema: A Critical Introduction (Routledge 2020), Writing Difference: Nationalism, Identity and Literature (Atlantic 2013) and Unmasking Power: Subjectivity and Resistance in Indian Drama in English (Papyrus 2014). His papers have been published by, among other outlets, Symposium and Labyrinth: An International Refereed Journal of Postmodern Studies.
Pinaki Roy
Dr Pinaki Roy (a resident of Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal, India) studied English Literature at Visva-Bharati (Santiniketan, West Bengal, India) and the University of North Bengal (Raja Rammohunpur, Darjeeling, West Bengal). Since 2019, he is professor of English at the Raiganj University in Raiganj (Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal). Previously, between 2008 and 2016, ROY worked as Assistant Professor at Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University (Cooch Behar, West Bengal) and Malda College (Malda, West Bengal). Roy, the founding editor of the book-series Studies in Commonwealth Writings (SCW) (ibidem Press), is the present Chairman of Academic Committee of The Vidyasagar Academy–Kolkata (Govt. of West Bengal). His previous books include WORDS FROM INDIA IN THE WEST (ibidem, 2023), THE BROKEN PENS (Aaadi, 2015), WILFRED OWEN: THE MAN, THE SOLDIER, THE POET (Books Way, 2013), HEMINGWAY’S ‘A FAREWELL TO ARMS’: A CRITICAL APPRAISAL (Books Way, 2012), THE SCARLET CRITIQUE (Sarup, 2010), and THE MANICHEAN INVESTIGATORS (Sarup, 2008). His papers have been published by, among other outlets, CLUES, WLA (JOURNAL OF THE US AIR FORCE ACADEMY), MUSE INDIA, VISVA-BHARATI QUARTERLY, ENGLISH FORUM (GAUHATI UNIVERSITY), ANYALEKH, and (PASCHIM BANGA) NATYA AKADEMI PATRIKA.
Rajadipta Roy
Dr. Rupayan Mukherjee studied English Literature at Jadavpur University and University of North Bengal, India. Since 2017, he is lecturer of English at the University B.T. & Evening College in Cooch Behar, India. His previous books include Partition Literature and Cinema: A Critical Introduction (Routledge 2020). His papers have been published by, among other outlets, Rupkatha Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities and Labyrinth: An International Refereed Journal of Postmodern Studies. Dr. Jaydip Sarkar studied English Literature at University of North Bengal, India. Since 2015, he is Associate Professor of English at the University B.T. & Evening College in Cooch Behar, India. His previous books include A Handbook of Rhetoric and Prosody (Orient BlackSwan 2018), Partition Literature and Cinema: A Critical Introduction (Routledge 2020), Writing Difference: Nationalism, Identity and Literature (Atlantic 2013) and Unmasking Power: Subjectivity and Resistance in Indian Drama in English (Papyrus 2014). His papers have been published by, among other outlets, Symposium and Labyrinth: An International Refereed Journal of Postmodern Studies.
Jaya Sarkar
Dr. Rupayan Mukherjee studied English Literature at Jadavpur University and University of North Bengal, India. Since 2017, he is lecturer of English at the University B.T. & Evening College in Cooch Behar, India. His previous books include Partition Literature and Cinema: A Critical Introduction (Routledge 2020). His papers have been published by, among other outlets, Rupkatha Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities and Labyrinth: An International Refereed Journal of Postmodern Studies. Dr. Jaydip Sarkar studied English Literature at University of North Bengal, India. Since 2015, he is Associate Professor of English at the University B.T. & Evening College in Cooch Behar, India. His previous books include A Handbook of Rhetoric and Prosody (Orient BlackSwan 2018), Partition Literature and Cinema: A Critical Introduction (Routledge 2020), Writing Difference: Nationalism, Identity and Literature (Atlantic 2013) and Unmasking Power: Subjectivity and Resistance in Indian Drama in English (Papyrus 2014). His papers have been published by, among other outlets, Symposium and Labyrinth: An International Refereed Journal of Postmodern Studies.
Mandika Sinha
Dr. Rupayan Mukherjee studied English Literature at Jadavpur University and University of North Bengal, India. Since 2017, he is lecturer of English at the University B.T. & Evening College in Cooch Behar, India. His previous books include Partition Literature and Cinema: A Critical Introduction (Routledge 2020). His papers have been published by, among other outlets, Rupkatha Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities and Labyrinth: An International Refereed Journal of Postmodern Studies. Dr. Jaydip Sarkar studied English Literature at University of North Bengal, India. Since 2015, he is Associate Professor of English at the University B.T. & Evening College in Cooch Behar, India. His previous books include A Handbook of Rhetoric and Prosody (Orient BlackSwan 2018), Partition Literature and Cinema: A Critical Introduction (Routledge 2020), Writing Difference: Nationalism, Identity and Literature (Atlantic 2013) and Unmasking Power: Subjectivity and Resistance in Indian Drama in English (Papyrus 2014). His papers have been published by, among other outlets, Symposium and Labyrinth: An International Refereed Journal of Postmodern Studies.
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| Contributions by | Mitarik Barma, Puja Chakraborty, Arnab Dasgupta, Shubham Dey, Anisha Ghosh, Goutam Karmakar, Madhuparna Mitra Guha, Shirsendu Mondal, Pinaki Roy, Rajadipta Roy, Jaya Sarkar, Mandika Sinha |
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