Social Concerns In Kamala Das's Poetry
‘Afterwards' and After: Social Concerns in the poems of Kamala Das
" He ( the poet) is responsible for humanity, even for the animals, he must see to it that his invention can be smelt, felt, heard."
( Arthur Rimbaud)
From the queen of erotica to a poetic pilgrim, the critical nexus on Kamala Das's poetry has oscillated between opposite poles. These varied critical stances reflect that the genius of the poet refuses to be strait-jacketed into a uniform notion. In this paper, I will attempt to reveal the social issues that imbue the oeuvre of her poetry.
Kamala Das in her much discussed autobiography, My Story , pointed out: " A poet's raw material is not stone or clay; it is her personality."1 In direct......
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