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Anthony Burgess and Vikram Seth as Twentieth Century Verse Novelists. (A Critical Survey)

Research Department
Research Journal
Journal of Ryazan State University named for S.A. Yesenin, Russia.
Research Member
Research Publisher
Ryazan University
Research Rank
1
Research Vol
83.3
Research Website
http://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/entoni-berdzhes-i-vikram-set-poety-romanisty-xx-veka
Research Year
2010
Research_Pages
65-104
Research Abstract

This study presents a survey of the development of fiction from realism to modernism and post modernism. It also, introduces the dramatic change of novels to be written in verse rather than in prose. This new form of narrative has roots in history. The verse novel of the late 20th century is inspired by the long poems of the past. The verse novels have different technique in writing away from the conventional style of the 19th century novels. This paper gives examples of Anthony Burgess's Byrne 1995. It is a verse novel about a defeated person who has high inspirations. The second example is Vikram Seth's The Golden Gate 1986. It describes the experiences of a group of friends living in California. It is a masterpiece verse novel written in sonnets.