Rabindranath Tagore : an anthology

Tagore, Rabindranath (1861-1941). Dutta, Krishna. Robinson, Andrew

ISBN 10: 0330349627 / ISBN 13: 9780330349628

Published by London : Picador, 1997

About this Item

Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Slight dust-toning to edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xi, 416p., [8]p. of plates : ill. ; 25cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 395-416). Translated from the Bengali. Subjects: Tagore, Rabindranath (1861-1941) -- Translations into English. Authors, Bengali, 20th century -- Biography. Bengali literature -- Translations into English. 1 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rabindranath Tagore : an anthology
• Publisher: London : Picador
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0330349627
• ISBN 13: 9780330349628
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

This anthology shows the diversity and range of Rabindranath Tagore's work and contains paintings, short stories, poems, plays, memoirs, letters and essays. Tagore won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913.

From the Publisher

The most comprehensive one volume anthology of Tagore's work
"These prose translations from Tagore have stirred my blood as nothing has for years" wrote W.B.Yeats in 1912. A year later Tagore was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature; his works were translated into dozens of languages and his translators included Andre Gide, Juan Ramon Jimenez and Anna Akhmatova. This new anthology edited by Tagore's biographers is an authoritative selection which provides a fine introduction to his work, new translations from the Bengali and a perfect balance between the diverse genres in which he worked. Collected here are a play, short stories, extracts from a novel, poems, songs, epigrams and paintings, as well as memoirs, letters, essays and conversations. From his celebrated play The Post Office to his fantastic paintings and drawings, this is the first anthology to show clearly the literary sophistication, emotional power and intellectual range of Tagore's whole achievement. "Krishna Dutta and Andrew Robinson bring the whole of Tagore into sharper focus. But they also offer a deep insight into the making of modern India. The essays, letters, conversations and poems of Tagore retrace a journey made by a builder of modern consciousness in India" New Statesman