TY - BOOK AU - Balarama Gupta, G.S., ed. AU - Murali Ganam, M., ed. TI - Symphony: an anthology of English prose U1 - 808.84 PY - 2000/// CY - Chennai PB - Emerald KW - Essays N2 - The present anthology has been compiled with the sole intention of providing for the under graduate student not only some of the choicest reading extracts but also to lead the young learner to a subtle awareness of how forceful language could be when presented through the different genres of prose. It may be noted that exceptional care has been taken not to lay undue emphasis on the over anthologised fictional forms alone like the novel or the short story but to bring about an even distribution of the non fictional prose like the Serious Essay, Essays in Lighter Vein, Autobiography, Biography, Memoir, Speech, Portrait, Travelogue or the Letter ER -