Preface : the death of language -- Poetry as crisis : heroism beyond the human -- Sign into meaning : contemporary culture and individual talent -- The evil queen : women's voices -- Krishna's flute : poetry in translation -- The sensuous conch of theory : postcolonial mastery -- Colonial cousins : modern British poetry -- Nature's history : creating a Gandhian space for peace -- Strange meeting : the man who carried Tagore into the trenches -- Country lullabies : the anthem as a song of the nation -- Across the border : Pakistani poetry in English -- When the sky falls : creativity in poetry -- Postscript : absolute freedom and terror.
Summary:
Essays examine the poetic stances assumed by 'terror' in relation to nation, language, translation, borders, gender, sexuality, and other forms of 'difference'.
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