Pacific Affairs, December 22nd, 2004
RABINDRANATH TAGORE: A Biography. By Uma Das Gupta. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. 2004. 120 pp. Rs. 225, cloth. ISBN 0-19-5669800-0.
During the past decade, there has been an attempt by a small group of scholars in the area of Tagore studies to reassess and "restore" the life and works of Rabindranath Tagore, Asia's first Nobel Laureate, for a new generation of readers, east and west. New translations, as well as studies of Tagore's historical milieu and multi-faceted activities, aim to make him more accessible to a wider contemporary audience. Such studies indicate how limited the We...
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