Find below a list of my publications and papers given on Raja Rao
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"The Indian Writer of a Century" | A tribute article to Raja Rao in honour of this eminent's writer's death. | 
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"Is Love a Metaphysical Reality?" | The concept of Love through Ramaswamy's life in The Serpent and the Rope | |
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"The Mystic Cat: Reality and Maya in The Cat and Shakespeare"* | An introduction on the concept of Maya in The Cat and Shakespeare against the backdrop of Advaita philosophy | 
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“Silence as the Path to Self-discovery in Raja Rao’s The Chessmaster and His Moves” | An interpretation of the key-issue of silence in Rao's The Chessmaster and His Moves in relation to Advaita philosophy | |
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Raja Rao, CIWE series, Foundation Books, New Delhi, volume to be published in 2007 | An introductory volume on the life and works of Raja Rao investigating the construction and representation of self and identity in Rao’s fiction. | |
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“Sharing Places, De-sharing Cultures: Shared Territoriality and Raja Rao's De-sharing Translation of India,” paper given at the EACLALS conference, Malta, March 2005 | A discussion on language and translation in some of Rao's novels | |
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“What then Shall that Language Be?” Raja Rao’s Dissentient English as a Response to Macaulay’s Colonial English.” Paper delivered at the Symposium “Empire and Aftermath: Core and Periphery” at the Durrell School of Corfu, June 2006 | An investigation over Rao's response to Lord Macaulay's Minute (1835) | |
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“Raja Rao: The Writer of a Century." Muse India 8.1 (Sept.2006) | A remembrance article dedicated to Rao's life and work. Available from the Muse India website, here: |
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“Raja Rao: An Indian Writer Using Mysticism to Eplore the Spiritual Unity between East and West." Obituary. Guardian (July 2006) | Available here: http://www.guard |
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“Raja Rao's Reputation: A Penniless Writer Amongst VIPs." Paper presented at the Symposium “The Writer's Reputation: Gender, Time, Geography” at the Durrell School of Corfu, June 2007 | An analysis of the reasons for and the problems of Rao's swinging reputation throughout the years. |
*Article published in Kakatiya Journal of English Studies (KJES), Vol. 22, December 2002, 54-76. Rpt. in Raja Rao: The Master and His Moves. Ed. Jaydeep Sarangi New Delhi: Authorspress, 2006.27-52.
Articles published by other scholars
Ashish Agnihotri, "Kanthapura
ou la Poétique et la politique du Gandhi Védanta," Rencontre avec l'Inde, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, 36. 2, New
Delhi: 2007. Available here: (154 Kb)
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Copyright © Letizia Alterno, June 2003