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Tagore, Rabindranath
TAGORE, RABINDRANATH (1861–1941), poet, novelist, playwright, composer, and spiritual leader, is best known as the winner of the 1913 Nobel Prize for Literature and one of ...
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Tagore, Rabindranath
(1861–1941), Indian poet. One of the foremost literary figures of modern India, Tagore was born 7 May 1861 into an affluent and cultured family in north Calcutta, in Bengal...
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Tagore, Rabindranath(1861–1941)
Rabindranath Tagore was an Indian writer and philosopher. Romain Rolland, referring to the Orient and the Occident, said that Tagore contributed more than anyone...
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Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) was a Bengali poet, philosopher, social reformer, and dramatist who came into international prominence when he was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1913.Rabind...
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In the following excerpt, Buckley offers a favorable assessment of Hungry Stones.
To turn from the poems of Tagore to his stories is to descend from the mountain, with its shadow of Infinity and its p...
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In the following review, the commentator criticizes Tagore's skills as a short story writer.
There can be little doubt that as a poet Tagore appeals to the poetically minded in this country ver...
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The following review offers a negative assessment of Tagore's Mashi and Other Stories.
The publication of this book [Mashi and Other Stories] proves that Sir Rabindranath Tagore is now a popula...
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In the following excerpt, Singh is critical of Tagore's stories in Mashi, asserting that they offer a harmful representation of Indians to Western readers.
In strange contrast with the note of ...
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In the following essay, Lago explores the themes of ethical dilemma and moral choice in Tagore's stories “Punishment” and “A Lapse of Judgement” in the context of In...
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In the following essay, Lago discusses Tagore's short fiction as the first “modern” short stories in Bengali literature and also some major themes in Tagore's stories.
Beng...
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In the following essay, Basu compares the short stories of Tagore to those of Anton Chekhov in terms of literary realism.
There were certain important episodes, in the personal life of Tagore, which f...
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In the following essay, Bhattacharya discusses elements of the supernatural in ten of Tagore's short stories from the volume Story Collection (1959).
Tagore's short fiction presents abun...
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In the following essay, Smith discusses the archetypal, mythical elements of the maze, the goddess, and descent into the underworld in Tagore's “The Hungry Stones,” as well as in ...
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Tagore, Rabindranath
Tagore, Rabindranath
Tagore, Rabindranath (1861–1941)
Rabindranath Tagore
Critical Review by Reginald R. Buckley
