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About the Book: The subject of culture studies is gaining new heights day by day. People are studying the subject as if they would study literature earlier. Maybe they are more interested in culture today than ever before. The evolution in terms of civilisation is one of the reasons for this. A study of culture and civilization need to go together.the present book has twenty essays, most of them on serious aspects of art, literature and other higher things. They deal with culture, literature, drama and cinema in their various ways, creative writing, language and style, travel, translation, feminism, sex and myth, diaspora and dalit studies. This book will be of immense help for the students and scholars of english literature in india. About the Author: Mallikarjun patil is an english novelist of repute. He is also a short story writer, translator and critic. He is professor and chairman, dept of english, karnatak university, dharwad. His three novels when the ground shakes beneath (2008), a don in the jungle (2008) and under the mango tree (2009) are well received. This is india and other stories (2010) and scenes from india are his major books of short fiction. He is known for his england?s trip and his indian travels in the himalayas. Dr. Patil did his research on hardy and has published three critical works on him. His studies in British Literature, studies in American Literature, studies in indian english literature and studies in world classics are simply informative. Patil has published monographs on dickens, hardy, lawrence, conrad, kipling, poe, hemingway, faulkner, melville and kafka. His books karnataka companion to indian english literature, modern english literature, the epics of the world and studies in african american literature are special. Numerous of his articles, both of academic and general interest, have appeared (appear) regularly in books, magazines, journals and newspapers. Patil has got a fellowship and has done a summer course in english literature at oxford. His england?s account in shakespeare?s england (2007) is a masterpiece. Most of his english novels are translated and published into kannada, marathi, telugu, hindi, gujarati and panjabi. Under the mango tree is getting into german now. What more its kannada version is being filmed as negiluyogi. He has translated books for Basava Samithi, Bangalore and Central Sahitya Academy, New Delhi.