E BOOKS ON LITRATURE
The E Books listed here are available with leading Booksellers. The links are given under each book. The books are also available with Google Playbooks and Kobo under the following links.
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https://play.google.com/store/search?q=Books%20by%20M.%20Venkataraman&c=books&hl=en&gl=US
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https://www.kobo.com/in/en/search?query=m.+venkataraman&fclanguages=en
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A Brief Annotation of 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' of Thomas Gray
Thomas Gray is one of the important poets of English Literature. In this poem ‘Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard’, the poet sees a country churchyard at sunset, which impels him to meditate on the nature of human mortality. He considers the fact that in death, there is no difference between great and common people.
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In this book, the author, M. Venkataraman, has analysed the poem and given an annotation with relevant quotations from the original text. The main poem has also been given.
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https://books2read.com/u/b5qav1
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A Brief Summary of John Keat's '0de to a Nightingale'
The "Ode to a Nightingale" is one of the beautiful poems of John Keats. One day in a forest area the poet hears a beautiful song of the nightingale bird. This provokes him to ponder over the matters relating to human mortality, the nature of the world, human sufferings etc.
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The poem explores the relationship between two different types of life. On the one hand, there is the human life. It is filled with sorrow. On the other hand, there is nature represented by the nightingale. The poet perceives the song of the bird as a kind of eternal perfection, a beauty created by nature that humankind, for all its efforts and strife, struggles to match.
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The poet weighs up the possible beauty of poetry against the overwhelming natural beauty of the nightingale’s song but could not find a satisfactory answer.
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https://books2read.com/u/3GVOYa
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Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood
William Wordsworth is one of the greatest poets of English Literature. This poem 'Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood' is often considered as one of Wordsworth's greatest masterpieces. Here, he explores some of the themes that always inspired him, namely his childhood, the memories, the beauties of nature, and the human soul.
In this book, the author, M. Venkataraman, has analysed the poem and given an annotation with relevant quotations from the original text. The main poem has also been given.
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https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=9AB2EAAAQBAJ&pli=1
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Kalidasa's Meghduta
The Meghadhuta also known as Meghasandesam is one of the beautiful works of Kalidasa. It is a poem consisting of 117 verses. It is actually one of a few minor compositions of Kalidasa. Being one of the greatest poets of Sanskrit Literature, he has produced epics like the Raghuvamsa and Kumarasambhavam and dramas like Abigyana Sakuntalam.
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https://books2read.com/u/3R07Vn
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Summary of Sri Ramodantam
Valmiki Ramayana, as we all know, consists of 24000 verses. This is written in Sanskrit by Sage Valmiki. There is another scholar, who has composed in just 200 verses in Sanskrit, the seven chapters of the Ramayana that was written by sage Valmiki. This is known as Sri Ramodantam. In Sri Ramodantam, the author has presented the entire Ramayana in a very simple format. Just like the Valmiki Ramayana, it has seven chapters called as Kandas starting from Bala Kanda and ending with Uttara Kanda.
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https://books2read.com/u/3yaJWB
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