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The twenty-five critical studies in the book which cover a wide spectrum of subjects, authors, titles and concepts across time and space, may be broadly classified into four categories: essays on (i) critical theory, (ii) on individual authors, (iii) in comparative literature and (iv) on language – in addition to a culture study focused on the present day American scenario.

The essays which encompass the vast areas of knowledge from Plato to Derrida, from Bharata and Anandavardhana to Bankimchandra, Tagore and contemporary Indian literary criticism as well as British, French, German, German, American and Indian authors, are remarkable for profundity of thought, originality of approach and lucidity of expression.