Critical Materials On Stephen Gill
And His Books
==Glimpses
(A selection of published articles)
Ed. Hamadan Darwesh, updated Fall 2005
Vesta (Canada), size 11x 12 inches. 285 pages
In addition to several other
articles to cover the different areas,
Glimpses has most of the following: :
--ARTICLES
*Agrawal, NK. “A note on
Stephen Gill’s The Flame,
www.stephengill.ca/gazette.htm
*Ahmed, Prof. Ishtiaq.
“The Flame”.
*Ahsan, Syed
M. “Concept of Evil in Gill’s Shrine, online Pakistanchristianpost.com;
also
Glimpses,
Vesta, 2005, pages 2002-2004
*Almas, Steve. Comments on The Flame
www.stephengill.ca/gazette.htm
*Barman, B. Roy. “Struck while reading the Flame”.
*Bennett, Thea.
“Yeats and Reincarnation,” Canadian
*Bhashyam, K.N. “All
is not Rosy,” Hindu, The (India), 15 May, 1979
*Bhatti, Nazir. “The Flame is a
sprinkler of peace” www.stephengill.ca/gazette.htm
*Boland,
Viga. “Book of the Month,” ByWord
(India), June, 1977
*Boland, Viga.
“Life’s Vagaries and Wounds,” Medium 11, vol.2 #19,
*--------------.
“Book of the Month (Green Snow),” Byword (India), July 1976
*Boland, Viga.
“Discovery,” Canadian Authors & Bookman (
*Chambial,
*Chambial, D.C. ”Stephen Gill—Shrine,” Poetcrit
(
---A paper in Hindi on Gill’s
Hindi poetry Jazeera (This contribution is in Hindi)
*Connell, Michelle D. “Gill’s Shrine
Implores To Think,” From Both Sides of the Ocean
(USA), Sept.-October, 2000, no. 57
*Darwesh,
2005,
pages 238-247; Jazeera (Urdu collection of
poems), Vesta 2004; several online publications
*Dewar, Russ. “Life’s Vagaries,”
from the introduction of Life’s Vagaries, Vesta,
1974
*Dimitrov. Nikola. “Terorism in
the Flame”.
*Drake,
Bobby. “Gill’s The Flowers of Thirst,” India Globe (
*Durrell, Robert. “Romances of H.G. Wells,” Temiskaming Speaker (Canada),
*Durell,
Robert. “Life’s Vagaries,” Temiskaming
Speaker (
Cornwall Weekly News, The, March
10, 1976, page 7
*Durrell, R. “Immigrant
by Stephen Gill,” Nugget Book Reviews (
*-----------------.
“Why,” Nugget Focus (Canada),
*Elliott, Bianca. “Shrine,” Masihi Sansar, (
Kafla International
(Chandigarh, India), Sept.-Dec. 2001, pages 25-26
*Fleischer, Denise. “Adds Another to
Collection,” Gotta Write Network (
*Fletcher,
Peggy. “Alienation,” Canadian Author & Bookman, vol. 51, no. 4,
summer 1976
*Gamble, Rick. “Literature Said Vital Force for World
Peace,” Expositior,The
(daily,
*Gill, K.S. “Poems of Social
Consciousness,” South Asian Diary (
*Gill, Rashid. “Dr. Stephen Gill: A
Born Poet of Peace” (Gill
& Faiz comparison),
ezine
pakistanchristianpost,com; also Glimpses,
Vesta, 2005
*Gorman, John. Songs for Harmony (introduction)”,
Vesta, pages210-211
*Gupta, Devyani (Hindi) (
*Harper,
A.W.J. “Struggle for Democracy,”
*Heward, Burt. “Newcomer to Canada Shows How Publishing Can
Survive,” Ottawa Citizen, The
(Canada),
*Holt, Rochelle L. “A Call For
Peace,” Pilot, The (
*-------------------.
“Anti-War Poems,” Small Press Review (USA), August 1985
*Keywan, Zonia. “Publisher Scorns
Federal Handouts,” Gazette, The Daily (
*Khatri, Chhote
Lal. “Shrine (poems of social concerns)”, Cyber
Literature (
Dec.
1999, pages 91-92
*Koch, Terry. “Ideas Don’t Report to
Customs,” At Your Leisure,” (
*Lakhnavi, Prabhat Kumar Sarwar. “Peace
in Sahir Ludhianvi and
Stephen Gill,” online:
Asian Tribune,
Blitz Internet Edition, and pakistanchristianpost
*Leitao, Lino. “Immigrant
Novel: An Understanding of Mankind,” Asian Tribune,
The
(Canada), August 15, 1980, page 4
*Leitao, Lino.
“The concept of harmony in the Ojibways of Canada and
the poetry of
Stephen
Gill, Seva Bharati Journal
of English Studies (India), vol.3, Feb. 2007, pages 100-117
*Linder,
Norma West. “A Critical Study of H.G. Wells,” Link, The
(
*-------------------------
“Green Snow,” Sarnia Gazette (Canada),
*Long, Virginia Love. “Songs for Harmony,” Poetcrit (
*Lynch, Peggy Zuleika.
“Fly on the Wall Interviews Presents Stephen Gill,” Poetry in
The Arts Newsletter,
No. 23, January 2001; Masihi Sansar (India),
*Manchanda, Madan. “Love is the
Eternal Passion,” Pioneer, The (
*Nesseth,
David. “Local poet relies on his faith, “Standard-Freeholder,
*Pakistan Christian
Post “An Evening With Dr. Stephen Gill,” (interview) (online :
www.pakistanchristianpost.com),
*Parakot, Manjula. “Interesting
Indians,” Canadian
*Parameswari, D.
“The Cultural Baggage: A Reading of Stephen Gill’s Immigrant,” online:
pakistanchristianpost.com; Glimpses,
Vesta, 2005
*Penny, Margaret. “Time is True Test for Writer’s
Ability,” Standard-Freeholder, The (daily,
Canada),
*Phillips,
Bluebell S. “Gill Side Stepped My Two-Step,” Asian Tribune, (Toronto,
Canada),
*----------------------.
“Two Novels of Gill,” Asian Tribune, The (
*----------------------.
“Wounds,” Canadian
*Preddie, Calvin.
“Scholarly Work on Yeats,” Standard-Freeholder, The (daily,
*Prime, Patricia. “Shrine: Poems of Social
Concerns,” Mawaheb International
(Canada),
June
2000, page 4; Canopy, vol. xv11 39 & 40, July 2000, pages 35-36
*Raphael, Maryanne. “Gill’s Poetry
Enriches Life,” Bridge-in-Making (
pages 41-45
*Reyes, Sophia. “A Hindu’s Journey to Christian Faith,” Daily Standard-Freeholder, The
(Canada),
*Sahu, Antaryami. “Stephen Gill: A Poet of Peace and Harmony,”
online pakistanchristianpost.com,
March 1, 2004; also Bharat Times (
*Samal, S. “Eros in Gill’s The Flowers of Thirst,” Writer’s Lifeline (Canada), 1992, No.3
*Samal, S. “Shrine,” Replica (
*Samal, S.
“Stephen Gill’s Immaculate Articles,” Kafla International (
Dec. 1998, pages 39-47
*Sarangi, Jaydeep. “Land and Identity in the Poetry of Stephen
Gill & Jayanta Mahapatra,”
online pakistanchristianpost.com; also Glimpses, Vesta
2005
*Sharma, B.D. “Pacifism
in Stephen Gill’s Poetry.” The Gazette, and Glimpses
2009
*Sharma, BD. “Stephen Gill as an
iconoclast,” www.stephengill.ca/gazette.htm
*Sharma,
Jagjit K. “New Books of Poems,” Star
*Shukla,
Rajesh. “Peace and Understanding,” Christian Monitor (India),
*Singh, Pritam. “Little Punjab in Canada,” Advance (India), June 1990
*Singh, R.K. “Cross-Cultural
Communication,” Language Forum
(India), vol. xxxiv, no. 1-2,
Jan-Dec. 1998; Psychic Knot:
Search for tolerance in Indian English Fiction, Ed. R.K. Singh,
Bahari
Publications (India), 1998
*Singh and Sarkar,
Mitali De. “Search For
Elysium,” Mawaheb International,
The (Canada), June 1998
*Singh, S. “Sketches of India,” Writer’s
Lifeline (Canada), July 1982
*Sinha, Bobbie. “Peace and Love,” Byword (
*Sinha,
Ravi Nandan. From
introduction to Divergent Shades,
1995, Writers’ Forum,
Ranchi,
India; and also Glimpses, Vesta (Canada), 2005
*Skogsholm,
Gunvor. “Fine Crafted Poetry,” Poetry Forum (
*Srivastava, KK. “The
Flame is highly moving poems.”
*Srivastava, KK. “Firaq Gorakhpuri
and Stephen Gill as poets.”
*Standard-Freeholder Reporter. “Donates books”,
Standard-Freeholder,
*Suprovat Sarkar.
“Poems by Stephen Gill,” Link, The (
*Tandon, N.K. “Discovery of
*Tierney, Frank. “Reflection of an Indian
Poet,” Canadian
*Wadlow, Rene V.L. “Anti-War Poems,” Transnational Perspectives (
vol.13, no. 3, 1987
*Wangu, J.L. “An
Interview with a Canadian Author,” Indian
Teacher, The (India),
Jan-Feb., 1979, vol. 1, No.2
*Westcott, W.F. “Immigrant,” Christian Monitor (
*Wiles, Clifton A. “The Flowers of Thirst,” al-mohajer (Canada), No. 4, April, 1994
*Wouk,
Judith. “Children’s Stories: A Comparison,” Writer’s Lifeline (
==Stephen Gill and his works ( an evaluation).
By George Hines, M.A., Ph.D. Engl. Lit.
Foreword by John Robbins, M.A. Ph.D., former
ambassador to
the
Authors Press,
Dr. George Hines evaluates Stephen Gill’s work and also
gives a life
sketch in this
evaluation of 130 and plus XX1 pages.
*Hines, George.
Stephen Gill a World Federalist (a chapter from Stephen Gill and His Works)
*Hines, George. “Attitude
to writing (a chapter from Stephen Gill
and His Works)
== Discovering Stephen Gill ( a collection of non-published articles and research
paper).
Editor: Dr. Nilanshu Kumar Agarwal , Authors press,
Dr.Nilanshu Kumar Agarwal, a D.Phil on T.S.Eliot from
has
interviewed literary figures and his
thoughtful research papers, including book
reviews, articles and
poems, have appeared in prestigious publications.
Currently, he is chief editor of Parnassus: An
Innovative Journal of Literary
Criticism, and works as
Senior
Lecturer in English at
Rae Bareli,
(U.P.),
For details: www.stephengill.ca/agarwal-profile.htm
(If it does not work, copy and paste this address to your URL)
Research papers and articles from Discovering Stephen Gill are listed
below:
--Stephen
Gill’s Literary Sensibility
--Stephen Gill's Immigrant : A
Study In Diasporic
Consciousness
--Discovering
Stephen Gill
*Chakravarthy, Tholna Ashok
--Immigrant: A Study
--“Paradoxes in the works of Stephen Gill”
--Fissures
And Fractures: Identity Crisis In Gill’s Poetry
--Cross-Cultural Conflicts in Stephen Gill’s Immigrant
--Rainbow strings
--Poet
and protester
--The Dialectics of Diasporic
Experience: A Reading of Stephen Gill
--Power of the written
word
*Ravichandran, T. “Green
Dove in Shrine: ecoconcern,”
-- Angst of Alienation in
Stephen Gill’s Poetry
*Singh, Kanwar Dinesh. “In the
Fire of Self: Shrine
*Tripathy, Sailendra Narayan
--Seeking the dove of peace
--foreword to Discovering Stephen Gill
===========================
A PORTRAIT OF STEPHEN GILL
Autobiographical
And
Biographical
Sources
*Carter,
Alixe. “Stephen Gill:
writer, publisher but a doer first,”
(daily,
*Chauhan, G.S. “Who is Stephen Gill?”,
Ed. Predesi Panjab;
Masihi
Sansar (
Jalandhar (Panjab),
*Choudhary, Dr. Arbind Kumar.
“Stephen Gill in an interview with Dr. Arbind
Kumar
Choudhary, Kohinoor (
*Drake, Bobbie.”Texas Poet Visits Dr. Gill,”
*Educational Board of Ansted University. “Stephen Gill
(interview),” Online; Cyber Literature (
vol.9,
June, 2002
*Green, Mary.
“Hard Work
Pays Off,”
*Hitvada, The ( India). “I’M
Still Very Much an Indian,”
*Marshall, Valerie
(staff
writer). “Writing time important for local writer-poet, “ The
Daily Standard-Freeholder
(
*My Poetry and Me (autobiographical)
*Rasha, Miter. “A Multidimensional
Person,” Perdesi Panjab (
(originally appeared in Panjabi
language)
*Sass, Tish. “What
others say,” Writer’s Lifeline, no.
5, 1986, pages 28-30
*Sarangi, Jaydeep. “Interview with Stephen Gill,” Atlantic
Literary Review, The (
July-Sep. & Oct.-Dec., 2004, vol. 5, no. 3-4, pages 164-183
*Something About the Author (autobiographical), vol. 63, pages 35-37, Gale Research,
*Journey. India (autobiographical) Journal (
*1999 Literary Tour to
*Year to break silence (autobiographical)
*Preface to Songs Before Shrine
(more to come)
==FORTHCOMING
BOOKS ON STEPHEN GILL
(1)The
Poetic Corpus of Stephen Gill: An Evaluation
By
Dr. Sudhir Arora
In press. Publisher: Sarup
& Sons,
Some
chapters:
*Arora,
Sudhir. Naked
dance of terrorism in The Flame
*Arora, Sudhir. The Flame is a poetics of peace
*Arora, Sudhir. Stephen Gill’s
Indian imagination in the Flame
*Tagore’s Gitanjali and Stephen Gill’s The Flame : a
comparative study
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Dr. Sudhir
K. Arora teaches English at Maharaja Harishchandra P. G. College, Moradabad
affliated to M. J. P. Rohilkhand
University,
(2)
Essays on the Poetry of Stephen Gill. Chief Editor: Dr. Shaleen Singh, a poet, editor
and literary critic. Release date: December 2008.
Dr. Shaleen Singh edits Creative Saplings (www.creativesaplings.com)
shaleen999@aol.in
*SOME
PAPERS AND ARTICLES TO BE INCLUDED:
*Anandam
R. & Baskaran G. “The faces of fear and
ferocity in the Flame,”
*Anandam & Baskaran.
Provenances and
proclamations
in Stephen Gill’s Songs Before
Shrine.
*Arora, Sudhir. The Prophet and The Flame: A Comparative Study
*Hussain, Shujaat. Vision and
commitment in the poetry of Stephen Gill
* Prime, Patricia. The
Flame: an evaluation
*Rajput, Kalpna. Prefaces of Stephen Gill
*Savio,
Dominic & Kala. Disjunctive social process in
Stephen Gill’s The Flame
*Savio,
Dominic and Kala, S.J. Maniac Messiahs in Stephen
Gill’s The Flame
*Sharma, Prof. Nar Deo. Significance of
foregrounding in Stephen Gill's Poetry
*Singh, Shaleen
K. Hope in the poetry of Stephen Gill
*Singh, Nidish Kumar. Invisible
issues in Stephen Gill’s Shrine.
(3) TRISHANKU EXPRIENCES IN STEPHEN GILL'S IMMIGRANT . Chief Editor: Dr. G. Dominic Savio
Dr. G. Dominic Savio invites
contributions on
Stephen Gill’s novel Immigrant
from
the point of Trishanku. For press release please click here
(4)
Dr Jaydeep Sarangi is editing an anthology of research
articles on non-fiction of Dr Stephen Gill.
To read
its press release, please click here
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