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Tagores English writingsoriginals and translationshave not received the attention that they deserve. The purpose of this edition is to make the English writings of Tagore available to the widest possible range of readers interested in the writings of Tagore all over the world, with just the bare, minimum information necessary for appreciating the writings, and leave the critical assessment to the readers themselves.There may be two possible reasons for the neglect of Tagores English writings. Firstly, Tagores prolific output, Shakespearean felicity and protean plasticity as a Bengali poet, who, though well-versed in English, chose to write in the medium of his mother tongue for nearly the first fifty years of his life, and there is hardly any literary form that he did not touch upon and turn into gold. His creative genius found expression in poems, plays, novels, essays, short stories, satirical pieces, textbooks for children, and songs of all kinds. The only literary form that he did not try is epic. But in his long, eventful and creative eighty years of life he virtually lived an epic. It is largely due to his mighty stature as a Bengali poet that nobody really bothered about his English writings and his own translations of his own writings.Secondly, it is owing to the supposedly poor quality of his translations subsequent to the translation of Gitanjali. It was only after Tagore received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1913 that there was a growing demand for his writings in the West, and as Tagore was not apparently satisfied by the translations that othersmainly his admirersmade, he began to translate his writings himself. But the tremendous haste with which he had to translate, possibly affected the quality of translations. Come what may, the point is whether Tagores English translations are good or bad, whether the translation furthered his reputation or damaged it, is immaterial. The fact of the matter is that they are his, and his own translation of whatever quality it may be is more valuable to a Tagore lover than the best translation made by somebody else, as Van Goghs one original single scratch is more valuable than the best possible copy by some other artist.The value of Tagores English writings lies here : they constitute an important part of his total oeuvre, add a new magnificent dimension to it and offer us a glimpse into the mystique of the creative anxiety that could have haunted even the greatest writer of the twentieth century, about his possible reception in an alien culture. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1915.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:My song has put off her adornments. She has no pride of dress and decoration. Ornaments would mar our union; they would come between thee and me; their jingling would drown thy whispers.My poet's vanity dies in shame before thy sight. O master poet, I have sat down at thy feet. Only let me make my life simple and straight, like a flute of reed for thee to fill with music.The child who is decked with prince's robes and who has jewelled chains round his neck loses all pleasure in his play; his dress hampers him at every step.In fear that it may be frayed, orstained with dust he keeps himself from the world, and is afraid even to move.Mother, it is no gain, thy bondage of finery, if it keep one shut off from the healthful dust of the earth, if it rob one of the right of entrance to the great fair of common human life.O Fool, to try to carry thyself upon thy own shoulders! 0 beggar, to come to beg at thy own door!Leave all thy burdens on his hands who can bear all, and never look behind in regret.Thy desire at once puts out the light from the lamp it touches with its breath. It is unholy—take not thy gifts through its unclean hands. Accept only what is offered by sacred love.Hebe is thy footstool and there rest thy feet where live the poorest, and lowliest, and lost.When I try to bow to thee, my obeisance cannot reach down to the depth where thy feet rest among the poorest, and lowliest, and lost.Pride can never approach to where thou walkest in the clothes of the humble among the poorest, and lowliest, and lost.My heart can never find its way to where thou keepest company with the companionless among the poorest, the lowliest, and the lost.Leave this chanting and singing and telling of beads! Whom dost thou worship in this lonely dark c... ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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this is an everlasting piece of literary brilliance
I wish people would see that Tagore breaks the barrier of cultural appreciation. He is not only the most important Indian writer...he is one of the most important world writers. In Gitanjali, his simple lines of a lust for the unification of some divnity and him is unparalleld by anyone of anytime.

this is an everlasting piece of literary brilliance
I wish people would see that Tagore breaks the barrier of cultural appreciation. He is not only the most important Indian writer...he is one of the most important world writers. In Gitanjali, his simple lines of a lust for the unification of some divnity and him is unparalleld by anyone of anytime. ... Read more

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CONTENTSPrefaceThe Unknown PoetBoy and ManSome Indian Poets"The Gardener"Rabindranath Tagore's Short StoriesThe Babe's ParadiseThe Playwright"Gitanjali" and Chaitanya DevaA Spiritual CommonwealthA Book of MeditationsShanti NiketanConclusion ... Read more

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This collection of essays records a common reader's changing perceptions to the literary achievement of Rabindranath Tagore. It addresses certain central concerns of the writer's work and underlines aspects that have not, so far, received sufficient attention. It does not offer definitive explanations, but aims instead to confront the issues his work raises and study them from different points of view. ... Read more

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This selection of about 350 letters spanning Tagore's entire life show his interests and ideas as far as possible, and will be a valuable source of information for the understanding of Tagore's personality. ... Read more

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Nobel Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore's most beautiful poetry, translated into English is almost as beautiful as in its native Bengali. Fifty selected poems from Tagore, as well as three original poems, Tagore Biography.Descriptions, languages, maps of India, Kolkota, Bangladesh. 26 photos, illustrations, maps, charts - India, Bangladesh.Chart - 23 most used languages of India. How to read Bengali. 500 word Bengali language essentials. ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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A study of the life and work of the 'poet of Bengal."

THIS TITLE IS CITED AND RECOMMENDED BY:Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. ... Read more

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Contributed papers of a seminar, organized by the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, to commemorate the 125th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, 1861-1941, Indian poet. ... Read more