Perspectives on English
This book presents fourteen essays written over five decades with a focus on the English language. The views of prominent writers such as Jonathan Swift and Margaret Atwood on their medium, and the problems faced by Bernard Shaw, Ernest Hemingway, E.M. Forster and Mulk Raj Anand in handling it, are discussed in five of these. These writers represent a wide spectrum of authors across nations and centuries. Three essays discuss issues related to English language teaching; tow deal with the development of English in the U.S. and India; one examines the question of standard English. The internet's impact on this global language is illustrated in another article. The usefulness of linguistics in the analysis of literature for its better appreciation is pointed out in another essay.
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