Uma Das Gupta

Rabindranath Tagore

An Illustrated Life

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Produktbeschreibung

This is an illustrated biography of Rabindranath Tagore-poet, novelist, short story writer, playwright, musician, and painter and one of the foremost creative minds of India. Focusing on the personal, but never losing sight of the larger forces that moulded Tagore's personality and thought, it provides engaging, accessible, informative, and thought-provoking insights into his life and social milieu.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 137mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 181g
• ISBN-13: 9780198076001
• ISBN-10: 0198076002
• Artikelnr.: 54535515

Autorenporträt

Uma Das Gupta was formerly Research Professor, Social Sciences Division, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Family and 'Servocracy'
Brothers at Work: Schooling and Home Education
Becoming a Poet and a Writer
Marriage, his Acquaintance with Death, his Family
Becoming a Humanist: Ebar Phirao Morey
The Santiniketan School: A New and Alternative Education
From School to an International University: Visva-Bharati
Sriniketan: An Experiment in Rural Reconstruction at Visva-Bharati
Rabindranath's Nationalism: How was it Different from Gandhi's?
'I am Restless': Rabindranath, an Indefatigable Traveller
Rabindranath as Painter
Rabindranath's Legacy
Bibliography