E.M. Forster'S A Passage To India by Rama Kundu

E.M. Forster masterpiece a passage to India has remained consistently popular and is widely studied in India. It has also emerged as the most controversial of all his works. Ever since its first publication, it has received both enthusiastic applause and corrosive criticism for various reasons across geographical and cultural frontiers. The available corpus of criticism on the novel, quite voluminous and often contrapuntal, can reasonably baffle and intrigue the young students. Keeping in view the needs of the students of our universities, This in-depth study of the book with reference to its various facets has been prepared in a lucid style. The author has penetrated the text with sensitive insight and scholarly command from varied angles of genesis, historical setting, title, themes, structure, characters, narrative technique including symbols, rhythm, language, intertextual echoes, and imperial and postcolonial discourses. In addition to providing an introduction, a story-outline, a detailed critical summary of the entire text, a select bibliography and Sample questions have been given. The book will be immensely useful to students, scholars and teachers in the area.