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Beschreibung
Rabindranath Tagore: Complete Poetry gathers the vast lyrical achievement of a writer who joined devotional intensity, philosophical reflection, and sensuous attention to the natural world. Moving from the intimate songs of Gitanjali to poems of nation, childhood, love, grief, and spiritual freedom, the collection reveals a style at once musical, aphoristic, and expansive. Situated between Bengali literary renaissance, Romantic inwardness, and modern global humanism, Tagore's poetry transforms local landscapes and traditions into universal meditations. Tagore (1861-1941), born into a distinguished Bengali family of reformers, artists, and thinkers, was shaped by the Brahmo Samaj, classical Indian aesthetics, folk song, and encounters with Europe and Japan. As poet, composer, educator, and Nobel laureate, he wrote amid colonial rule while resisting both imperial domination and narrow nationalism. His founding of Santiniketan and his lifelong belief in creative education illuminate the poems' recurring faith in freedom, sympathy, and the spiritual dignity of ordinary experience. This volume is essential for readers seeking not merely a monument of world literature but a living poetic consciousness. It will reward lovers of lyric poetry, comparative literature, Indian thought, and anyone drawn to work that makes beauty an instrument of ethical and spiritual insight.
Rabindranath Tagore: Complete Poetry gathers the vast lyrical achievement of a writer who joined devotional intensity, philosophical reflection, and sensuous attention to the natural world. Moving from the intimate songs of Gitanjali to poems of nation, childhood, love, grief, and spiritual freedom, the collection reveals a style at once musical, aphoristic, and expansive. Situated between Bengali literary renaissance, Romantic inwardness, and modern global humanism, Tagore's poetry transforms local landscapes and traditions into universal meditations. Tagore (1861-1941), born into a distinguished Bengali family of reformers, artists, and thinkers, was shaped by the Brahmo Samaj, classical Indian aesthetics, folk song, and encounters with Europe and Japan. As poet, composer, educator, and Nobel laureate, he wrote amid colonial rule while resisting both imperial domination and narrow nationalism. His founding of Santiniketan and his lifelong belief in creative education illuminate the poems' recurring faith in freedom, sympathy, and the spiritual dignity of ordinary experience. This volume is essential for readers seeking not merely a monument of world literature but a living poetic consciousness. It will reward lovers of lyric poetry, comparative literature, Indian thought, and anyone drawn to work that makes beauty an instrument of ethical and spiritual insight.
Details
Genre: Lyrik & Dramatik
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9788028337025
ISBN-10: 8028337023
Sprache: Englisch
Autor: Tagore, Rabindranath
Übersetzung: Tagore, Rabindranath
Hersteller: Sharp Ink
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Copycat s.r.o., 22, Holesovice, Schnirchova 662, ?-170 00 Prague, kristoferpaetau@gmail.com
Maße: 229 x 152 x 31 mm
Von/Mit: Rabindranath Tagore
Gewicht: 0,824 kg
Artikel-ID: 128160140