The Selected Works of Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore, also known as Gurudev, is not only India's best known author, but was also a talented musician and an artist with contextual mordernism. The Selected Works of Rabindranath Tagore is an attempt to handpick the best works of Rabindranath Tagore, most of which were written in Bengali. Including the much acclaim 'Gitanjali' and 'Home and the World' and short stories like 'Teaching begins' and 'Within and without', among many others. This ebook presents a collection of all major works of Tagore. Written during the 1890s, the stories in this selection brilliantly recreate vivid images of Bengali life and landscapes in their depiction of peasantry and gentry, casteism, corrupt officialdom and dehumanizing poverty.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Affectionately known as the Bard of Bengal, Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) was also a celebrated novelist, short-story writer, essayist and playwright, who introduced new prose and verse forms into Bengali literature, freeing it from traditional models based on classical Sanskrit. Highly influential in introducing Indian culture to the West, Tagore is generally regarded as the outstanding creative artist of early twentieth century India, becoming the first non-European to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.

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Wydanie

E-book: 12 października 2018