The Artists’ Tryst With Nature: With Special Reference To The First Generation Writers In Indian English

Abstract

The present paper aims at assessing and exploring the portrayal of Nature in the works of first generation Indian Writers writing in English. It takes into account the vision and perspective of the writers, viz. R.K. Narayan, Raja Rao, Kamala Markanday, Anita Desai, Nissim Ezekeil and others. Indian English writers are unique amalgamation of both the Indian and the British attributes. The portrayal of Nature in Indian English writers too is greatly inspired by Nature portrayed in British Literature, especially in English Romantic poetry, especially by the ideas of Wordsworth, Keats and Shelley.