Viswanathan, S(ubrahmanyam)

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VISWANATHAN, S(ubrahmanyam)

VISWANATHAN, S(ubrahmanyam). Indian, b. 1933. Genres: Literary criticism and history. Career: Madura College, Madura, India, tutor, 1953-56, lecturer in English, 1958-59; Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, India, lecturer in English, 1959-77; University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India, reader, 1977-83, professor of English, 1983-95, dean of School of Humanities, 1986-89, head of English department. Visiting fellow, Queen's University, Belfast, 1984-85, UGC Emeritus Fellow, 1995-. Publications: The Shakespeare Play as Poem: A Critical Tradition in Perspective, 1980; (ed. with S. Nagarajan) Shakespeare in India, 1987; (ed. with C.T. Indra and T. Sriraman) Critical Essays, 1987; On Shakespeare's Dramaturgy: Word and Stage Image in the Plays, 1993. Many articles in scholarly periodicals and books. Address: Department of English, University of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh 500 046, India.

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