Overview

This is the first one-volume guide in English, or indeed in Bengali, to the full spectrum of Tagore's multi-faceted genius. It has two parts: (a) critical surveys of the chief sectors of his artistic output and its reception; (b) specialized studies of particular topics. The authors are among the leading Tagore experts from India and abroad. They have drawn upon all relevant material in Bengali, English, and other languages, including the entire body of untranslated Bengali works that comprise the greater part of Tagore's oeuvre. They have also considered the historical and cultural context of his time. The book includes an index of all primary works cited, with full details of their complex history of transmission, and a reading list for Tagore studies in English. It will be an indispensable guide for all scholars, students and informed general readers, even those who can access Tagore in Bengali.

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Author:   Sukanta Chaudhuri (Jadavpur University, Kolkata)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.10cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 22.70cm
Weight:   0.650kg
ISBN:  

9781108747738

ISBN 10:   1108747736
Pages:   515
Publication Date:   04 June 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations; Notes on Contributors; Preface; Note on Conventions and Practices; 1. Rabindranath Tagore: From Art to Life Sankha Ghosh; 2. A Garland of Many Tagores Anisuzzaman; Part I. Overviews: 3. Rabindranath and His Times Biswajit Ray; 4. Tagore's Poetry: An Overview Sukanta Chaudhuri; 5. 'Something of a Musician': Tagore's Songs Ashish Lahiri; 6. Rabindranath Tagore: Drama and Performance Ananda Lal; 7. Imagined Worlds: The Prose Fiction of Rabindranath Tagore Supriya Chaudhuri; 8. The English Writings: An Overview Fakrul Alam; 9. Tagore and Indian Literature: Influence and Presence Harish Trivedi; 10. Rabindranath Tagore and Literary Communication across Borders Subha Chakraborty Dasgupta; 11. Tagore and the Visual Arts R. Siva Kumar; Part II. Studies: 12. Women, Gender, and the Family in Tagore Himani Bannerji; 13. On the Seashore of Endless Worlds: Rabindranath and the Child Sibaji Bandyopadhyay; 14. Tagore's View of History Sabyasachi Bhattacharya; 15. Tagore's View of Politics and the Contemporary World Sobhanlal Datta Gupta; 16. Tagore's Santiniketan: Learning Associated with Life Kathleen M. O'Connell; 17. Tagore and Village Economy: A Vision of Wholeness Sourin Bhattacharya; 18. An Ecology of the Spirit: Rabindranath's Experience of Nature Aseem Shrivastava; 19. Rabindranath and Science Partha Ghose; 20. Rabindranath Tagore as Literary Critic Swapan Chakravorty; 21. Tagore's Aesthetics Jayanti Chattopadhyay; 22. Rabindranath, Bhakti, and the Bhakti Poets France Bhattacharya; 23. Tagore and the Idea of Emancipation Nirmalya Narayan Chakraborty; 24. Tagore's Thoughts on Religion Shefali Moitra; 25. Rabindranath Tagore and Humanism Saranindranath Tagore; List of Tagore's Works Cited: Bibliography-cum-index; Further Reading; Index of Other Keywords.

Reviews

'What it does instead, with admirable efficiency and great scholarly application, is present to us, in almost 500 pages, an overview of, and reflection on, the different aspects of Tagore's career.' Rosinka Chaudhuri, Times Literary Supplement

Author Information

Sukanta Chaudhuri is Professor Emeritus, Department of English, Jadavpur University, where he founded the School of Cultural Texts and Records. Besides his work on Shakespeare and other Renaissance literature, he was chief co-ordinator of the Tagore online variorum Bichitra, and general editor of the Oxford Tagore Translations.

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