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The poem "The Stolen Child" penned by William Butler Yeats, published in 1889 in "The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems". The poem reflects the influence of Romantic literature as it features Escapism and imagination. It is loosely a fairy tale based on Irish legends describing how a fairy tempts a child to come to her own world where there is no sadness, no weeping, unlike the human world. Stanza 1 The narrator talks about an island with green flora which lies where the rocky highland adjoins a lake. In the lake, Herons hunt the sleepy aquatic rodents. The narrator reveals that they have hidden a vessel, containing "stolen cherries". It seems that the narrator is not embarking on the island alone. In the next line, he reveals his companion who is a human child. He says to the child to come with a fairy (the narrator is a fairy) holding her hands to the water and the forest. The narrator justifies her suggestion by telling the child that the world is

The essay "Interrogating Post-colonialism : Theory, Text, and Context" is collection which Mukherjee has co-edited with Harish Trivedi. The essay is introductory and basically, a summary of the seminar held to discuss about the topic. It aims to evaluates the 'enabling' concept of Post-colonialism in decolonized countries. In late nineteenth century, there was trend and limelight on Imperialism which was the mantra of the European powers such as English, French, Spanish etc. to consolidate their influence on the new regions, especially the third world countries.  Whereas the twentieth century focuses on the another process, decolonialization and inception of the concept of Post-colonialism. This concept also find its place in the Department of English of all universities across the world. Post-colonial literary texts has also introduced in the curriculum at both school and university level. It also also become a matter of research and researchers are finding the pol