LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 23:8 August 2023
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Love and Music: A Study of Vikram Seth’s An Equal Music

Dr. K. Latha, Assistant Professor of English


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Abstract

The third-generation’s Indian writings in English have enlightened the literature with its quality and vividness. The third-generation writers have concentrated their themes around sociological, diaspora elements, feminine subjects, science and technologies, explorative writings, and much more. Love is the major theme of these writers. Vikram Seth is one of the important third generation Indian writers in English. His novel An Equal Music received the 1999 Crossword Book Award for Fiction.

The story revolves around Michael, a professional violinist, and his love, Julia, a pianist. As the novel is not only about the love between Michael and Julia but also about the profession of Musician, it has been well received by musical fans, and appreciated for the accuracy of Vikram Seth’s descriptions of music. It throws lights on Michael Holme’s love for Music. Seth handles the theme of love and music very skillfully in the novel. This paper attempts to analyse how Seth has depicted Michael Holme’s love for music, his attachment and affinity towards his friends and his love for Julia in An Equal Music.

Keywords: An Equal Music, Music, love, loneliness, profession, musicology

Introduction

The third generation’s Indian writings in English have enlightened the literature with its quality and vividness. Truly, it represented the culture, history and all the variants necessary for the enrichment of literature worldwide. The third-generation writers have concentrated their themes around sociological, diaspora elements, feminine subjects, science and technologies, explorative writings, and much more. Love is the major theme of these writers. The new Indian writings, published in between 1980s and 1990s, has ushered in a literary renaissance in the third generation Indian Writers like Salman Rushdie, Vikram Seth, Amitav Ghosh, Shashi Tharoor, Rohinton Mistry, Upamanyu Chatterjee and Anitha Desai.

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Dr. K. Latha, Assistant Professor of English
Sri. S. Ramasamy Naidu Memorial College
Sattur, Virudhunagar Dist. 626 203
Email- lathaapeng@gmail.com
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