Introduction (The Poet and his world)

The volume has eminent scholars like, Sukanta Chaudhuri, Bharati Ray, William Radice, Uma Dasgupta, Abhijit Sen and others as contributors. It is a collection of 13 essays, which enhances critical literature on Tagore. It looks at different aspects of Tagore s life and philosophy. The chapt...

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Main Author: Quayum, Mohammad Abdul
Format: Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Orient BlackSwan (Orient Longman) 2011
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/5543/
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/5543/3/The_Poet_and_His_World-_Intro.pdf
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Summary:The volume has eminent scholars like, Sukanta Chaudhuri, Bharati Ray, William Radice, Uma Dasgupta, Abhijit Sen and others as contributors. It is a collection of 13 essays, which enhances critical literature on Tagore. It looks at different aspects of Tagore s life and philosophy. The chapters are sequenced from the more general to the specific. They analyse the poet s life and relationships, his moral, educational, political and dramaturgical philosophy, to finally textual analysis of select individual work, the novels Gora and The Home and the World and a short story, The Laboratory .