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CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH IN INDIA (ISSN 2231-2137): VOL. 2: ISSUE: 3
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JAYANTA MAHAPATRA’S POETRY: A CRITICAL STUDY
T. M. Bhaskar, Department of English, Andhra Pradesh Residential College, Vijayapuri South, Andhra
Pradesh
Tradition, a mythic consciousness and the Orissa landscape play a large part in Mahapatra’s poetry....The local touches form an essential part of a wider and more complex poetic fabric.
--- K. N. Daruwalla
Now Indian poetry in English has established itself to such an extent that the poems of many Indian English poets are being published in England, America, Canada,
Australia, Newzealand and many other countries of the world. Not only this they are recognised as established
Indian English poets and many foreign writers and critics have written articles, criticism and books on their poetry.
Jayanta Mahapatra, Nissim Ezekiel, Shiv. K. Kumar,
Kamaladas and K. N. Daruwalla are known as great modern Indian English poets in many countries of the world. Indian English poetry has an individual existence. It is Indian in every sense. Abidi says:
The fact that Indo-Anglian poetry is Indian in context and sensibility and English only in form and language goes in favour of the genre as a distinctive body of poetry1
It is beyond doubt that Indian poetry in English, both by virtue of its quality and its bulk, has established itself as a major expression of Indian sensibility. Indian poetry in English has aroused interest among lovers of poetry all over the world. Nayantara Sahgal, one of the celebrated Indian novelists, once remarked that English language was not a barrier for her. She admits:
It is true that invaders had come to India and effected conquest, but they had been absorbed by her and had become Indians2
Jayanta Mahapatra is undoubtedly one of the foremost poets writing in English today. Undeniably, he has made an original contribution to Indian English poetry within a fairly short span of time. The metaphors
20
JAYANTA MAHAPATRA’S POETRY: A CRITICAL STUDY
T. M. Bhaskar, Department of English, Andhra Pradesh Residential College, Vijayapuri South, Andhra
Pradesh
Tradition, a mythic consciousness and the Orissa landscape play a large part in Mahapatra’s poetry....The local touches form an essential part of a wider and more complex poetic fabric.
--- K. N. Daruwalla
Now Indian poetry in English has established itself to such an extent that the poems of many Indian English poets are being published in England, America, Canada,
Australia, Newzealand and many other countries of the world. Not only this they are recognised as established
Indian English poets and many foreign writers and critics have written articles, criticism and books on their poetry.
Jayanta Mahapatra, Nissim Ezekiel, Shiv. K. Kumar,
Kamaladas and K. N. Daruwalla are known as great modern Indian English poets in many countries of the world. Indian English poetry has an individual existence. It is Indian in every sense. Abidi says:
The fact that Indo-Anglian poetry is Indian in context and sensibility and English only in form and language goes in favour of the genre as a distinctive body of poetry1
It is beyond doubt that Indian poetry in English, both by virtue of its quality and its bulk, has established itself as a major expression of Indian sensibility. Indian poetry in English has aroused interest among lovers of poetry all over the world. Nayantara Sahgal, one of the celebrated Indian novelists, once remarked that English language was not a barrier for her. She admits:
It is true that invaders had come to India and effected conquest, but they had been absorbed by her and had become Indians2
Jayanta Mahapatra is undoubtedly one of the foremost poets writing in English today. Undeniably, he has made an original contribution to Indian English poetry within a fairly short span of time. The metaphors