New Indian English Poetry: An Alternative Voice
Subtitle: R.K. Singh
Publisher: Book Enclave
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Jaipur, India
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 370
Description: This three-layered book presents a new face in the supermarket of poetry in English in India. About fifteen scholars, young, middle-aged, and venerable examine from diverse angles the mystique of Singh’s poetry. The poet himself unveils certain secrets of his art and heart. Foreign readers take strong position largely at variance with each other and argue their case with utmost sharpness. Such explosive comments find their rightful place in this all-inclusive book.

            At the same time, the book clarifies certain issues regarding the creative use of English in India and modern poetry.

            In addition, it challenges critics who see nothing but chaos in the world of poetry. ‘Chaos’ in the book is considered a sign of ‘large-scale flowering’ and ‘creative efflorescence’. Rightly therefore, a plea is made to critics of new generation to shed shyness and sloth and face chaos courageously. ‘Face it or you deface your profession of a critic.’

            Though the book centres round a single poet, R.K. Singh-An Alternative Voice-, it, on the whole, advances a cause, which should be dear to every reader of English in the country
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: 1.     A Peep into the Poetry of R.K. Singh; title: 2.     R.K. Singh : Search for a Rhetorical Balance; title: 3.     ‘Phoenix’ and ‘Icarus’ Reworked in the Erotic Poetry of R.K. Singh; title: 4.     Rainbow Hues : The Poetry of R.K. Singh; title: 5.     R.K. Singh’s Poetry : Journey from Sex to Super-Consciousness; title: 6.     R.K. Singh : A Poet of Nature, Beauty and Woman; title: 7.     Poetry, Politics and Woman : A Study of R.K. Singh’s Above the Earth’s Green; title: 8.     “Secret of the First Menstrual Flow” : R.K. Singh’s Commitment to Fleshly Reality; title: 9.     Harmony in Duality : Indianness in R.K. Singh’s Poetry; title: 10.  So You Creak It : Dust and Ashes in the Poetry of R.K. Singh; title: 11.  Music Must Sound : An ‘Epic with Scratchy Jargon’ (The Journey of an Artist); title: 12.  Voices and Visions : A Study of R.K. Singh’s My Silence and Other Selected Poems (1974-; title: 1994); title: 13.  Esoteric, Aesthetic and Metaphysical Poetry of R.K. Singh; title: 14.  The Poetry of R.K. Singh - An Assessment; title: 15.  A Stylistic Assessment of R.K. Singh’s “The Works and Days’ Weariness”; title: 16.  The Poetry of R.K. Singh; title: 17.  Secrets Need Words : A Critical Essay on the Haiku and Tanka of R.K. Singh; title: 18.  R.K. Singh : A Mystic Poet of Beauty; title: 19.  Manifestation of Self As Social Vision in the Poetry of R.K. Singh; title: 20.  Above the Earth’s Green; title: 21.  Indian Haiku and Peddling Dream; title: 22.  Two Poets : A Critical Survey; title: 23.  An Interview with R.K. Singh; title: 24.  An Interview with R.K. Singh; title: 25.  R.K. Singh : Poet Living in India; title: 26.  An Interview with R.K. Singh; title: 27.  An Interview with R.K. Singh; title: 28.  An Interview with Professor R.K. Singh via e-mail in September 2003; title: 29.  ‘Foreword’ to My Silence; title: 30.  The Other Side : Comments About R.K. Singh’s Poetry; title: 31.  My Silence and Other Selected Poems : A Review; title: 32.  Comments on the Review by Joseph John; title: 33.  R.K. Singh’s Peddling Dream : Rich and Distinctive; title: 34.  Some Comments on Peddling Dream; title: 35.  In the Landscape of the Self : R.K. Singh’s; title: 36.  Poetry as Prayer: R.K. Singh’s Above the Earth’s Green; title: 37.  Above the Earth’s Green; title: 38.  Music Must Sound : A Bird’s Eye View; title: 39.  Every Stone Drop Pebble : A Critique; title: 40.  Cover to Cover : Two Poets Again; title: 41.  Affirming Lucidity : Wisdom in the Poetry of R.K. Singh & U.S. Bahri; title: 42.  Afterword