A Tagore Reader

Author: Amiya Chakravarty
Publisher: Rupa
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 401
ISBN/UPC (if available): 812910086X

Description

This anthology offer a fairly comprehensive view of Tagore’s contribution to our times. It offers glimpses of essential features of Tagore’s creative expression in his own words.

Except for a few cases, the material in each has been arranged chronologically. The individual introduction to each section includes relevant information concerning the context in which the original material was written, a brief discussion of the contents of the section, and facts concerning translations and publications.

Contents

Introduction

Travel

Letters

Short Stories

Autobiographical

Conversations

Fables

Drama

On India

On Education

Art and Literary Criticism

Philosophical Meditations

Poetry

Notes

Glossary