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Informationen zum Autor Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), Nobel Laureate, is the most eminent modern Indian writer to have appeared on the world literary scene. Sukanta Chaudhuri is Professor of English at Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Klappentext This set comprises four books which boast a rich selection of Rabindranath Tagore's poems, essays, short stories, and writings for children. The books are a part of 'The Oxford Tagore Translations' series, a prestigious project undertaken in collaboration with Visva-Bharati, the university founded by Tagore. Zusammenfassung Part of 'The Oxford Tagore Translations' series, a prestigious project undertaken by Oxford University Press in collaboration with Visva-Bharati, the four volumes comprising the set present a rich selection of Rabindranath Tagore's poems, essays, short stories, and writings for children. Selected Poems includes 150 poems, which cover the entire span of Tagore's life and illustrate his work in many significant genres and forms. They offer a representative range of Tagore's output in the field of poetry, which was the primary marker of his identity. Selected Writings on Literature and Language includes essays that engage with the central issues of criticism, literary theory, and aesthetics. Selected Short Stories presents a selection of writings from Tagore's vast corpus of short stories that weave together myths, fairy tales, and modern day fables. Selected Writings for Children presents a delightful selection of Tagore's nonsense poetry, short plays and sketches, short stories, chatty tales, and the fantastic world of 'That Man'-which draw on emotions ranging from the comic to the tragic. Each of the four volumes comes with a detailed introduction and extensive notes. Inhaltsverzeichnis SELECTED POEMS General Editor's Preface , A Note on the Contributors , Notes on Dates, Text, and Illustrations , Introduction by Sankha Ghosh , The Suicide of the Star , The Spring Wakes from its Dream , Rahu's Love , The Heart's Longings , Song-Writing , Memory , Beyond the Sunset , Brief Infinity , Eternal Day , Ocean Waves , To Ahalya , A Farewell , The Golden Boat , I Won't Let You Go , Swaying , To the Ocean , The Heart's Yamuna , Voyage without End , On a Moonlit Light , Now Turn Me Back , The Various-Pictured , A Plea , Urvashi , The Mirage , The Lord of Life , Beside the Sea , Offering , The Unphilosophical , The Unknown Universe , Affliction , Last Ferry , The Holy Hour , Renunciation , Unnecessary , The Coming , The Miser , Song: This Stormy Night , Song: The Suit , Song: When Life has Withered , Song: Your Flute Plays in the Thunder , Pilgrimage to India , The Dishonoured , Song: This is Why your Joy , My Song has Cast off , The Day I Go , Song: This is No Sweet Game , Song: The Night my Doors were Shattered , Song: The Herds of Light , Song: My Lamp Blown Out , Supreme Farewell , Song: The Cloud says, 'I am Going' , Song: From the Springs of Darkness , The Evening Traveller , The Picture , The Restless One , Repayment , You and I , The Flying Geese , The Storm-Crossing , Release , Being Lost , Dusk and Dawn , One Day , Fulfilment , Footsteps , Gratitude , The Skeleton , Union , The Exchange , Hymn to the Tree , Woman of the Sea , Separation , Woman Empowered , The Incomplete , The Question , The Black Horse , On Every Side, She-Snakes , Why? , Sound , A Decayed House, a Deserted Mansion , The Drummers , The Peacock's Gaze , This Side and That , Remnant , Song: Ahead, the Sea of Peace , The Romantic , Gifts , Comings and Goings , Aquatic , The First Force , Sudden Death , Impossible , I Imagine , Letter from Kalimpong , In this Universe , In the Grey Twilight Wedding-Hour , When I do not See You , Concord , The Pall of the Self , In the Vast Field of Creation , They Work , Sweet is this Heaven , Song: The Supreme Man Now Comes , On the Banks of the Rupnarayan , The First Day's Sun , Sorrow's Dark Night , The Path ...
