Selected writings on literature and language

Author(s)

• Tagore, Rabindranath
• Chaudhuri, Sukanta
• Ghosha, Śaṅkha
• Das, Sisir Kumar

Bibliographic Information

Selected writings on literature and language

Rabindranath Tagore ; general editor, Sukanta Chaudhuri ; advisory editor, Sankha Ghosh ; introduction by Sisir Kumar Das ; notes by Sisir Kumar Das and Sukanta Chaudhuri

（Oxford India paperbacks）（The Oxford Tagore translations）

Oxford University Press, 2001

• : pbk

Note

"First published by Oxford University Press in 2001 jointly by Visva-Bharati"--T.p. verso

Translated from the Bengali

Description and Table of Contents

Description

While Rabindranath Tagore needs no introduction, his place as a critic has been partially eclipsed by his fame as a creative writer. One of the founders of modern Bengali critical thought and among the most perceptive analysts in the language, his corpus of critical writings spanning almost his entire literary career, comprises more than one hundred pieces of varying length. This volume is part of 'The Oxford Tagore Translations' series, a prestigious project undertaken by Oxford University Press in collaboration with Visva-Bharati to publish English translations of a wide range of Tagore's writings including his poetry, non-fiction prose, and fiction. The volume includes essays which reveal Tagore's engagement with the central issues of criticism, as well as with literary theory and aesthetics. Bringing together an authoritative selection of Tagore's critical writings, most of which have not been translated before, this book also includes a detailed introduction and extensive notes.

Table of Contents

• GENERAL EDITOR'S PREFACE
• A NOTE ON THE CONTRIBUTORS
• A NOTE ON THE STYLE OF DATES AND THE TEXT
• SOME BASIC TERMS AND CONCEPTS, AND THEIR RENDERINGS
• INTRODUCTION BY SISIR KUMAR DAS
• SILENT POET, UNTAUGHT POET
• 'DE PROFUNDIS'
• ON CHANGES IN THE STATE OF POETRY
• BAUL SONGS
• LITERATURE (1889), FROM THE FIVE ELEMENTS-A FIRST ACQUAINTANCE / PROSE AND VERSE / THE SIGNIFICANCE OF A POEM / LUCIDITY / MIRTH / THE MEASURE OF MIRTH / A NOVEL RAMAYANA
• THE THEATRE
• CHILDREN'S RHYMES
• RURAL LITERATURE
• WORLD LITERATURE
• LITERARY CREATION
• THE SENSE OF BEAUTY
• BENGALI NATIONAL LITERATURE
• THE HISTORICAL NOVEL
• A POET'S BIOGRAPHY
• VIDYAPATI'S RADHIKA
• THE NATURE OF KRISHNA
• THE MEGHADUTAM
• KUMARASAMBHAVAM AND SHAKUNTALA
• SHAKUNTALA O THE RAMAYANA
• LITERATURE (1924)
• CREATION
• THE POET'S DEFENCE
• MODERN POETRY
• THE PHILOSOPHY OF LITERATURE
• PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
• THE POET YEATS
• THE TRUE NATURE OF LITERATURE
• THE PROSE POEM
• INTRODUCTION TO THE BENGALI LANGUAGE
• ABOUT LANGUAGE
• THE BENGALI OF MAKTABS AND MADRASAS
• NOTES

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• NCID: BB11927281
• ISBN:
  • 9780198069683
• Country Code: ii
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: ben
• Place of Publication: New Delhi
• Pages/Volumes: xvi, 413 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PK2903
  • DC22 : 891.109
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Tagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941 -- Translations into English
  • LCSH : Indic literature -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Bengali language -- History
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA0711565X
  • BA60780819