The Influence of Modern English Poets on Nissim Ezekiel: A Study
Article Sidebar
Main Article Content
Abstract
In the present paper it has been attempted to study the influences on Ezekiel. In his works there is a reflection of modern English Poets’ perspective along with the style of their writing. Through references to various critics, the influences on Nissim Ezekiel and his poetic works have been shown. The modern English Poets like T.S Eliot, W.B. Yeats, Ezra Pound, Philip Larkin etc proved to be influential enough to Ezekiel and this has been shown here in the present paper through various quotes. He seems to be influenced by the great modern English Poets and ultimately emerging as a great modern poet himself left his fellow poets and readers much influenced with the power of his poetic charm.
Downloads
Metrics
Article Details
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
References
Eliot, T.S. The Waste Land, in The Waste Land and Other Poems, edited by Frank Kermode, Penguine Books. 1998. pp. 53-69
Ezekiel, Nissim. A Time to Change. Fortune Press. 1952.
Ezekiel, Nissim. Collected Poems (second edition). Oxford University Press. 2005. pp. 3-295
Ezekiel, Nissim. Hymns in Darkness. Oxford University Press. 1976.
Ezekiel, Nissim. Latter Day Psalms. Oxford University Press. 1982.
Ezekiel, Nissim. Sixty Poems. Strand Bookshop, 1953.
Ezekiel, Nissim. The Exact Name. Writers Workshop. 1965. Ezekiel, Nissim. The Third. Strand Bookshop. 1959.
Ezekiel, Nissim. The Unfinished Man. Writers Workshop. 1960.
King, Bruce. Modern Indian Poetry in English (revised edition). Oxford University Press. 2001. pp. 91, 92
King, Bruce. Three Indian Poets (second edition). Oxford University Press. 2005. PP. 30.
Mishra, Sanjit. The Poetic Art of Nissim Ezekiel. Atlantic Publishers and Distributions. 2001. pp. 13, 14
Pinto, Jerry. Mid Day Multimedia Ltd. 10 January 2004. <https://WWI.mid_day.com/news/city/2004/january/73465html.>
The Faber Book of Modern verse, edited by Roberts Michael, Faber and Faber. 24 Russell Square, 1965. pp. 1-402
Yeats, W.B. Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats (1865-1939). Macmillon. 1956.