SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

A PRIMARY SOURCES

Narayan R.K.

- Swami and friends. 1935. 1st Indian ed. Mysore. Indian Thought
Publications, 1944.
- The Bachelor of Arts. 1937. 1st Indian ed. Mysore. Indian Thought
Publications, 1965.
- The Dark Room. 1938. Mysore: Indian Thought Publication, 1992.
- The English Teacher. 1946. 1st Indian ed. Mysore: Indian Thought
publications, 1955.
- The Financial Expert. 1952. 1st Indian ed. Mysore: Indian Thought
Publications, 1958.
- The Guide. 1958. 1st Indian ed. Mysore: Indian Thought
Publications, 1958
- The man-eater of Malgudi. 1961. 1st Indian ed. Mysore: Indian Thought
Publications, 1968
- The Painter of Signs. 1977. Mysore: Indian Thought
Publications, 1993.
B SECONDARY SOURCES

1. Iyengar K R Srinivasa: Indian Writing in English. Sterling Publishers-New Delhi, 1985.

2. Walsh William: R. K. Narayan, A Critical Appreciation. The University of Chicago Press-
Great Britain, 1982.
3. _____. R.K.Narayan. London: The British Council, 1971.
4. _____. (ed.) Readings in Commonwealth Literature. London: Oxford University Press,
1973.
5. Dr. Rao A.V. Krishna: The Indo Anglian Novel and The Changing Traditions (Thesis),
Rao and Raghavan, 1972.
6. Dr. Bhattacharya Bhabhani: Literature and Social Reality, Perspective on Bhabhani
Bhattacharya.
7. Lubbock Percy: The Craft of Fiction. T.S.I Publications, New Delhi – 1954, rpt-1983.
8. Greene Graham.: Introduction to The Bachelor of Arts and The Financial Experts Indian
Thought Publication – 1956
9. Mukherji Meenakshi.: Twice Born Fiction (Arnold Heinemann, New Delhi, 1971
10. Mehta P.P.: Indo Anglian Fiction: An Assessment Published by Prakash Book Depot.
Bareilly, 1968.
11. Naik M.K. Desai S.K. and Amur G.S. :(Eds). : Critical Essays on Indian Writing in
English Dharwar 1976
12. Ramteke S.R : R. K. Narayan and His Social Perspective Atlantic Publishers – 1998
13. Singh R.A. : Critical Essay on R. K. Narayan‟s Novels Book Enclave Jaipur – 2002
14. Prasad Amarnath and Singh Nagendrakumar : Indian Fiction in English, Roots and
Blossoms Sarup and Sons – 2007
15. Sundaram P.S.: R.K.Narayan as A Novelist B.R. Publishing Corporation, Delhi – 1998.
16. Dr. Mehta Sonal K.: Treatment of Female, Characters in R.K. Narayns Novels and
Stories Surbhi Publication, Jaipur – 2007
17. Bhatnagar M.K.: New Insight into The novels of R.K.Narayan Atlantic Publishers –
2002.
18. Singh R.A. and Singh Anjani Kumar: Perspectives on Indian Writing in English Book
Enclave, Jaipur – 2007.
19. Rameshchneider Dieter: The Indian Novel In English, Its Critical Discourse-1934-2004
Rawat Publication-Jaipur 2005.
20. Naik M.K. : A History of Indian English Literature Sahitya Academy – 1982
21. Singh Naval Kishore: The Great Indian Novelsts on English Literature Manglam
Publication, Delhi 2008
22. Sharan Nagendra Nath : A Critical Study of the Novels of R. K. Narayan Classical
Publication –1993
23. Singh Nisha : Womanhood Concepts in the Novels of R.K.Narayan The Women Press,
Delhi – 2007
24. Ram Atma, Perspective on R. K. Narayan, Gaziabad, Vimal Prakashan, 1981.
25. Chew, Shirley. A Proper Detachment: The Novels of R.K.Narayan. Readings in
Commonwealth literature. Ed. William Walsh. Oxford:Clarendon Press, 1973.
26. Goyal, Bhagat S. (Ed) R.K.Narayan: A Critical Spectrum. Meerut: Shalabh Book House,
1983.
27. ____ (ed.) R.K.Narayan‟s India: Myth and Reality. New Delhi: Sarup & Sons, 1993.
28. Agnihotri,H.L., ―Gandhi and R.K.Narayan‖, Literature Endeavour 3 (3-4), Jan-Dec.,
1992
29. Biswal, Jayant, K., Commitment to Life: A Study of R.K.Narayan‟s Major Novels,
Triveni, 45 (4) 1977.
30. Hardin, Nancy Shields, Mysore/Malgudi : R.K.Narayan‟s world of South India, The
Missouri Review, 6, 3 1983
31. Hartley, Louis, In Malgudi with R.K.Narayan, Literature East and West, ix, 2, 1965.
32. Kipling, Rudyard, The Ballod of east and West, New York, St. Martin‘s Press, 1980.
33. Kumar, Shiv K. and Keith, McKean (eds.), Critical Approaches to fiction, New York,
McGraw Hill Book Company, 1968.
34. Malhotra, Tara, Old Places, Old tunes, The Banasthali Patrika iii, 13, 1983.
35. Mehta Ved., John is Easy to please, New York, Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 1971
36. Mukherjee, Nirmal, The World of Malgudi: A Study of the Novels of R.K.Narayan,
Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Luisian State University Press, 1960.
37. Rao, A.V Krishna, The Indo-Angalian Novel and the Changing Tradition, Mysore, Rao
and Raghavan, 1972.
38. Rao, V.Panduranga, Tea with R.K.Narayan, The Journal of Commonwealth Literature, 6,
June 1971.
39. Sandhu, A.V., The Novels of R.K Narayan, Calcutta, Western Workshop, 1976.
40. Sinha, K.N., Indian writing in English, New Delhi, Herritage Publishers, 1979.
41. Sinha, U.P., Patterns of myth of Reality: A Study of R. K. Narayan‟s Novels, Delhi,
Sandarbh Publishers, 1988.
42. Singh, P.K., Critical Evaluation of the Novels of R.K.Narayan, New Delhi, Atlantic
Publication, 1999.
43. Tiwari, Tripati, R.K.Narayan‟s waiting for the Mahatma: A Reappraisal, Indian Scholar,
iii (2), July, 1981.
 44. Venkatachari, K., R.K.Narayan‟s Novels: Acceptance of Life, Indian Literature, viii,
1970.
45. Williams, Haydn Moore, Indo-Angalian Literature, 1800-1970, A survey, Madras, Orient
Longman, 1976.
46. Williams, Haydn Moore, Studies in Modern Indian Fiction, Calcutta, A Writers Workshop
Greybird Book, 1973.
47. Woodcock, George, Two Great Commonwealth Novelists-R.K.Narayan and V.S.Naipau‖,
The Sweanee Review, lxxxvii, 1,1979

(C) Articles:
1. 1965 Books to Remember. Illustrated Weekly of India, 2 Jan. 1966: 38-39, 60.
2. Behind One Author. Hindu, 12 Aug. 1951.
3. Comments made by R. K. Narayan at the Sahitya Akademi's Seminar on Living by
Creative Writing.
4. English in India: The Process of Transmutation. Times of India, 2 Dec. 1964.
5. Gods, Demons and Modern Times. Literary Criterion 10.3 (1972): 47-54.
6. How a Famous Novel Became an Infamous Movie. Life, 15 May 1967: 17-18.
7. Indian Theme Holds Glamour in West: Mr. R. K. Narayan's Tour Impressions. Times
of India, 20 June 1957.
8. Misguided Guide. Life, 13 May 1967: 49-57. (Writes how Narayan takes material
from life).
9. Not By Pen Alone. Times of India, 10th Mar, 1972.
10. R. K. Narayan (Self obituary No. 51). Illustrated Weekly of India. 23 July 1950: 23.
11. Speaking as a Writer. ACLALS Bulletin 12 (1974): 28-31.
12. Taxing Thoughts. Hindu, 11 Apr., 1954.
13. The Fiction Writer in India: His Tradition and His Problems. Atlantic Monthly (Oct.
1953). 119-20.
14. The World of the Story Teller. Fiction and the Reading Public in India. Ed. C. D.
Narasimhaiah. Mysore: Univ. of Mysore, 1967:
15. 232-39. Reproduced in the Introduction of his Gods, Demons and others.
16. The Writer in India. Illustrated Weekly of India, 2 Oct. 1960: 44-45.
17. To an Inquirer. Illustrated Weekly of India. 26 May 1963: 33.
18. Toasted English. Hindu, 23 Feb. 1958 (on East-West theme).
19. What is a Writer's Message? Communicator 14.4 (Oct. 1978): 32-37.
20. What Shakespeare Meant to Me. Indian Literature 8.1 (1965): 91-22.
21. Ahluwalia Harasaransingh, Narayan‟s sense of audience, Ariel, 15, No.1, (1984); 59-
65.
 22. Girla, Shiv K., Narayan‟s World of Values. From Perspectives on R.K.Narayan, edit.
Atma Ram
23. Harrex, S.C., The Fire And The Offerings (Calcutta : Writers Work Shop, 1977)
24. Narsimhiaha, C.D., R.K Narayan‟s The Guide, Literary Criterion, Vol.IV
25. Vattam, Krishna, Interview with R.K.Narayan, The Deccan Harold, 19 June 1980.
26. Dieter Riemenschneider, (Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany), The Train Has
Moved on: R. K. Narayan‟s The Guide and Literary History, Asiatic, Volume – 3,
Number-2, December 2009.

(C) Interviews:
1. A Peep into R. K. Narayan's Mind: An Interview. Indian Express, 28 March, 1961: 5.
2. An Interview with R. K. Narayan - Indian Writing in English - India Weekly (London), 25
June 1970.
3. An Interview with R. K. Narayan. Books Abroad 28 (1964).
4. An Interview with R. K. Narayan. Indian Literary Review 1.2 (1978): 6-9.
5. Craft, Susan E. An Interview with R. K. Narayan. R. K. Narayan: A Critical Spectrum. Ed.
B. S. Goyal. Meerut: Shalabh Book House, 1983: 24-33.
6. Graubard, Stephen R. An Interview with R. K. Narayan. Daedalus 18.4 (1989): 233-37.
7. Hartley, Lois. In Malgudi with R. K. Narayan. An Interview. Literature East and West 9
(1965): 97-90.
8. Indian Theme Holds Glamour in West: R. K. Narayan's Tour Impression: An
Interview. Times of India, 20 June 1957.
9. Krishnan, S. A Day with R. K. Narayan. Span, Apr. 1975: 40-43.
10. Kumari, Vinaya. Meet R. K. Narayan. Illustrated Weekly of India, 23 Jan. 1949: 33.
11. Mr. Sampath in Town. Times of India (Delhi), March 1961.
12. The Bombay Man's Diary. An Interview at R. K. Laxman's House in Bombay. Times of
India, 24 June, 1957.
13. Updike, John. R. K. Narayan: A Writer Immersed in his Malgudi. An
Interview. Span, Apr. 1975.