Tag Archives: Raja Rao
The Saint and the Sage: The Fiction of Raja Rao – Part 1
This essay originally appeared in The Virginia Quarterly. It focuses on Raja Rao’s three major novels (Kanthapura, The Serpent and the Rope, and The Cat and Shakespeare), arguing that they parallel the three stages of Vedic enlightenment—myth, philosophy, and perception—and … Continue reading
The Saint and the Sage: The Fiction of Raja Rao – Part 2
This is Part 2 of a long essay that originally appeared in The Virginia Quarterly. (Read Part 1.) It focuses on Raja Rao, one of India’s greatest writers, arguing that his three major novels (Kanthapura, The Serpent and the Rope, … Continue reading
World Writers
Though I have written mostly about Raja Rao and N.V.M. Gonzalez, I have also worked on others and have taught many, many more in my classes. Below is a list of “World Writers” written about on this site. The first … Continue reading