Fresh Perspectives on Fiction is a new kind of book. It incorporates principles of semiotics in the appreciation of a literary text, largely ignored by literary critics. The semiotic approach brings greater precision and distances ambiguity from literary criticism. It makes the whole easy and pleasant.

Comparative Literature can have many facets; aspectual, linguistic, contental, formal, aesthetic, technical, theoretical, attitudinal, rhetorical. However, its approach road will have to be through culture, because culture alone bestows significance on a signifie. The present work, divided in two parts, contains learned articles on a variety of topics. Part first contains the articles of the Author while in part second articles written by different contributors are compiled. Students, scholars and academics will find this book most informative.

Fresh Perspectives on Fiction is a new kind of book. It incorporates principles of semiotics in the appreciation of a literary text, largely ignored by literary critics. The semiotic approach brings greater precision and distances ambiguity from literary criticism. It makes the whole easy and pleasant.

Amidst the available plenty of literature, published and being published on English Language and Literature, naturally the question arise-why more Readings in Modern English Literature? This work, into volumes is a collection of latest research and developments in literary trends.

The first volume entitled 'English Language and Literary Experiences' contains topics of diverse interest viz. consciousness, country and cultural identity; English language; creativity, country, and consciousness; Orient and Occident; English fiction and indigenous sensibility; Approach to criticism; Critics, critique and academics; Folk form: Ballad and verse etc. While volume II on 'Creative Approach to English literature' consists of many thought-provoking articles, e.g. Literature and international parameter, Creativity and context, Poetry and early poetesses; Two voices of hope; Creative inspiration and resource, etc.