Author: Rabindranath Tagore
Publisher: Sahitya Akademi
Year: 1999
Language: English
Pages: 780
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8172019459
Description
This second volume in a three part serial includes nine plays and four stories translated by Tagore and also five prose works distinguished by profundity of thought and expression.
These works made a great impact on readers belonging to different countries and cultures. They are still fresh and challenging. For the first time Tagore's English writings are presented with scholarly annotations and information about the historical contexts to which they belong.
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) became an international figure when his Gitanjali, an anthology of lyrics, originally written in Bengali and translated into English by the poet himself, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature - - the first ever to an Asian - - in 1913. Since then he came to be known not only as a great writer but also as an able spokesman of modern India. Till today he is the most widely read Indian writer.
Although his reputation outside the Bengali-speaking area rests largely, if not entirely, on his English writings, no attempt had been made to put them together. Shanty Akademi has now brought out a complete collection of Tagore's writings in English - - original as well as translations done by him- - in three volumes.
The corpus of Tagore's English writings, large and diverse, forms a substantial part of his total work. The first volume of this 3-part series includes all the poetic works translated by Toga and the poems he wrote originally in English. The second volume consists of plays and stories translated by him, as well as five prose work. The third volume is a collection of different genres of his writings.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I PLAYS
Chitra
Sacrifice and Other Plays
Sanyasi or the Ascetic
Malini
Sacrifice
The King and the Queen
Autumn-Festival
The Trial
The Waterfall
Red Oleanders
II STORIES
The Victory
Giribala
The Patriot
The Parrot's Training
III ESSAYS
SADHANA
The Relation of the Individual to the Universe
The Problem of Evil
The Problem of Self
Realization in Love
Realization in Action
The Realization of Beauty
The Realization of the Infinite
PERSONALITY
What is Art?
The World of Personality
The Second Birth
My School
Meditation
Woman
NATIONALISM
Nationalism in the West
Nationalism in Japan
Nationalism in India
The Sunset of the Century
THE CENTRE OF INDIAN CULTURE
CREATIVE UNITY
The Poet's Religion
The Creative Ideal
The Religion of the Forest
An Indian Folk Religion
East and West
The Modern Age
The Spirit of Freedom
The Nation
Woman and Home
An Eastern University
TALKS IN CHINA
Introduction
Autobiographical
To My Hosts
To Students
Leave Taking
Civilization and Progress
Satyam
IV APPENDICES
TALKS IN CHINA
First Talk at Shanghai
To Students at Hangchow
To Students at Nanking
To the Boys and Girls at Pei Hei, Peking
At a Buddhist Temple, Peking
To Scholars at the Temple of the Earth, Peking
To Students at Tsing-hua College, Peking
At the Scholar's Dinner, Peking
To the English Teachers' Association, Peking
First Public Talk in Peking
To the Public at the Theatre in Peking
Farewell Speech at Shanghai
To the Japanese Community in China
Religious Experience
To a Surprise Gathering of Students in the National University, Peking
At Mrs. Bena's, Shanghai
The National University, Peking
The King of the Dark Chamber
The Crown
King and Rebel
Notes
Index
Contents
Preface
Introduction
I PLAYS
Chitra
Sacrifice and other Plays
Sanyasi or the Ascetic
Malini
Sacrifice
The King and the Queen
Autumn-Festival
The Trial
The Waterfall
Red Oleanders
II STORIES
The Victory
Giribala
The Patriot
The Parrot's Training
III ESSAYS
Sadhana
Personality
Nationalism
The Centre of Indian Culture
Creative Unity
Talks in China
IV APPENDICES
Talks in China
The King of the Dark Chamber
The Crown
King and Rebel
Notes
Index