Rabindranath Tagore
Published on 12. August 2019
248 pages
978-1-78914-178-8 (ISBN)
Description
Polymath Rabindranath Tagore was the first non-European to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, in 1913. But Tagore was much more than a writer. Through his poems, novels, short stories, poetic songs, dance-dramas and paintings, he transformed Bengali literature and Indian art. He was instrumental in bringing Indian culture to the West and vice versa, and strove to create a less divided society through mutual respect and understanding, like his great contemporary and close friend, Mahatma Gandhi.
In this timely reappraisal of Tagore's life and work, Bashabi Fraser assesses Tagore's many activities and shows how he embodies the modern consciousness of India. She examines his ties to his upbringing in Bengal, his role in Indian politics and his interests in international relationships, as well as addressing some of the mis-readings of his life and work through a holistic perspective.
In this timely reappraisal of Tagore's life and work, Bashabi Fraser assesses Tagore's many activities and shows how he embodies the modern consciousness of India. She examines his ties to his upbringing in Bengal, his role in Indian politics and his interests in international relationships, as well as addressing some of the mis-readings of his life and work through a holistic perspective.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
File size
3,77 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78914-178-8 (9781789141788)
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Bashabi Fraser is Emeritus Professor and co-founder and Director of the Scottish Centre of Tagore Studies (ScoTs) at Edinburgh Napier University. Her most recent publications include Scottish Orientalism and the Bengal Renaissance: the Continuum of Ideas (2017), Rabindranath Tagore's Global Vision (2015) and Letters to My Mother anf Other Mothers (2015). She lives in Edinburgh.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Imprint Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1: The Tagores of Jorasanko
- 2: Growing Up in the Tagore Household
- 3: English Interlude
- 4: Loss and the Journey to the Banks of the Padma
- 5: The Abode of Peace
- 6: From Shantiniketan to the World Stage
- 7: The Renunciation of Knighthood
- 8: Where the World Meets in a Nest
- 9: 'The Call of Truth' and 'The Great Sentinel'
- 10: Waves of Nationalism and The Religion of Man
- 11: Tagore's Modernity
- 12: The Legacy: At Home and in the World
- References
- Select Bibliography
- Acknowledgements
- Photo Acknowledgements
