Modern Indian Poetry in English (Oxford India Paperbacks)

Bruce King maps uncharted territory,...provides ideas toward a poetics of Indian poetry in English, analyses poets in dialectical sets, summarizes poetic obsessions...King surveys, judges, informs, and provokes. (World Literature Today)

'Bruce King maps uncharted territory,...provides ideas toward a poetics of Indian poetry in English, analyses poets in dialectical sets, summarizes poetic obsessions...King surveys, judges, informs, and provokes.' ― Peter Nazareth, World Literature Today

'...a significant book...King provides us with a detailed history of publication of poetry in English in India. One aspect to admire...is King's analysis of individual poems.' ― Journal of Indian Writing in English

'When [the book] first appeared, it almost became like a Bible on the subject, the only worthwhile reference tool [to] dip into [for] trivia on poetry written in English by Indians.' ― Biblio