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Rabindranath Tagore : poet & dramatist / Edward Thompson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Oxford University Press, 1926Description: xii, 330 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • (hardback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 891.4414 THO 009517
Contents:
Book 1. 1861-1886. Early life and poetry -- Book 2. 1887-1897. The Shileida and Sādhana period -- Book 3. 1898-1905. Unrest and change -- Book 4. 1909-1919. The Gitānjali period -- Book 5. 1919-1941. Internationalism.
Summary: First published in 1926, then republished with extensive revisions in 1948, this remains one of the best introductions to Tagore's work. Thompson here attempts to undermine the Orientalist mythmaking about Tagore that began with Yeats. His book offers an informed discussion as well as an attractive display of Tagore's work.
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Book Book Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore 891.4414 THO 009517 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 009517

Book 1. 1861-1886. Early life and poetry --
Book 2. 1887-1897. The Shileida and Sādhana period --
Book 3. 1898-1905. Unrest and change --
Book 4. 1909-1919. The Gitānjali period --
Book 5. 1919-1941. Internationalism.

First published in 1926, then republished with extensive revisions in 1948, this remains one of the best introductions to Tagore's work. Thompson here attempts to undermine the Orientalist mythmaking about Tagore that began with Yeats. His book offers an informed discussion as well as an attractive display of Tagore's work.

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