Selected Writings on Literature and Language

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-0-19-806968-3
Verlag: Hurst & Co.

Buch, Englisch, 432 Seiten, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 221 mm, Gewicht: 408 g

Reihe: Oxford India Paperbacks

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tagore, Rabindranath

Das, Sisir Kumar

Chaudhuri, Sukanta

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik

Über Autor(innen)

Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), Nobel Laureate, is the most eminent modern Indian writer to have appeared on the world literary scene.

Sisir Kumar Das (1936-2003) was formerly Tagore Professor, Department of Modern Indian Languages and Literary Studies, University of Delhi.

Sukanta Chaudhuri is Professor of English at Jadavpur University, Kolkata.