KAMALA DAS: A FEMINISTIC APPROACH
Keywords:
psychic experience, womanAbstract
Kamala Das is a bilingual writer who has written both in Malayalam and English. As an Indian English poet and as a feminist, she has secured a significant place in most of the anthologies of English literature. She voices the pains and pressures of a typical Indian woman who is suffering behind the thick veil of conservative traditions and customs. She asserts that women, including herself, are victims of sexual humiliation under the male domination. Her works nurture a ray of hope in the hearts of women suppressed under male domination.
References
S. D. Sharma, in article Kamala Das, in the book Perspectives on Kamala Das Poetry, edited by Iqbal Kaur, Intellectual Publishing House New Delhi, 1995, p. 2.
Quoted by Dr. Raghukul Tilak in New Indian English Poets and Poetry, Rama Brothers, New Delhi, 1995, p. 24.
Bruce King in Modern Poetry in English, O. U. P., 1987, p. 152.
T. N. Dhar, in article Eros Denied Love in the poetry of Kamala Das, in the book Contemporary Indian English Poetry, edited by Atma Ram, Writer’s Workshop, 1989, p. 22.
