Book Description

Rabindhranath Tagore reshaped Bengali literature and music as well as Indian art with Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Author of the "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful" poetry of Gitanjali, he became in 1913 the first non-European and the first lyricist to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Referred to as "the Bard of Bengal", Tagore was known by sobriquets: Gurudev, Kobiguru, Biswakobi. Tagore's poetic songs were viewed as spiritual and mercurial; however, his "elegant prose and magical poetry" remain largely unknown outside Bengal. Poetry 1. Ama and Vinayaka 2. Baul Songs 3. Collected Poems 3.1. Boro-Budur 3.2. The Child 3.3. Freedom 3.4. From Hindi Songs of Jnanadas 3.5. Fulfilment 3.6. Krishnakali 3.7. The New Year 3.8. Raidas, the Sweeper 3.9. Santiniketan Song 3.10. Shesher Kobita 3.11. The Son of Man 3.12. This Evil Day 3.13. W.W. Pearson 4. Fruit-Gathering 5. The Fugitive The Fugitive I The Fugitive II The Fugitive III 6. Gitanjali 7. Kacha and Devayani 8. Karna and Kunti 9. Lover’s Gift 10. The Mother’s Prayer 11. Other Poems 12. Somaka and Ritvik 13. Songs of Kabir 14. Stray Birds 15. Vaishnava Songs Short Stories 1. A Feast for Rats 2. The Auspicious Vision 3. The Babus of Nayanjore 4. The Cabuliwallah 5. The Castaway 6. The Child’s Return 7. The Devotee 8. The Editor 9. The Elder Sister 10. Emancipation 11. Exercise-book 12. Finally 13. The Fugitive Gold 14. The Gift of Vision 15. Giribala 16. Haimanti: Of Autumn 17. Holiday 18. The Home-Coming 19. The Hungry Stones 20. In the Night 21. The Kingdom of Cards 22. Living or Dead? 23. The Lost Jewels 24. Mashi 25. Master Mashai 26. My Fair Neighbour 27. My Lord, the Baby 28. Once there was a King 29. The Parrot’s Training 30. The Patriot 31. The Postmaster 32. Raja and Rani 33. The Renunciation 34. The Riddle Solved 35. The River Stairs 36. Saved 37. The Skeleton 38. The Son of Rashmani 39. Subha 40. The Supreme Night 41. Unwanted 42. The Victory 43. Vision 44. We Crown Thee King Novels 1. The Broken Ties (Nastanirh) 2. The Home and the World 3. The Religion of Man Plays 1. Autumn-Festival 2. Chitra 3. The Cycle of Spring 4. The Gardener 5. The King and the Queen 6. The King of the Dark Chamber 7. Malini 8. The Post Office 9. Red Oleanders 10. Sacrifice 11. Sanyasi or the Ascetic 12. The Trial 13. The Waterfall Essays 1. The Center of Indian Culture 2. Creative Unity 2.1. An Eastern University 2.2. An Indian Folk Religion 2.3. The Creative Ideal 2.4. East and West 2.5. The Modern Age 2.6. The Nation 2.7. The Poet’s Religion 2.8. The Religion of the Forest 2.9. The Spirit of Freedom 2.10. Woman and Home 3. Nationalism 3.1. Nationalism in India 3.2. Nationalism in Japan 3.3. Nationalism in the West 3.4. The Sunset of the Century 4. Sadhana 4.1. The Problem of Evil 4.2. The Problem of Self 4.3. Realization in Action 4.4. Realization in Love 4.5. The Realization of Beauty 4.6. The Realization of the Infinite 4.7. The Relation of the Individual to the Universe 4.8. Soul Consciousness 5. The Spirit of Japan Non-Fiction 1. Glimpses of Bengal Introduction 1885 1887 1888 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 2. My Reminiscences Part 1 1. My Reminiscences 2. Teaching Begins 3. Within and Without Part 2 4. Servocracy 5. The Normal School 6. Versification 7. Various Learning 8. My First Outing 9. Practising Poetry Part 3 10. Srikantha Babu 11. Our Bengali Course Ends 12. The Professor 13. My Father 14. A journey with my Father 15. At the Himalayas Part 4 16. My Return 17. Home Studies 18. My Home Environment 19. Literary Companions 20. Publishing 21. Bhanu Singha 22. Patriotism 23. The Bharati Part 5 24. Ahmedabad 25. England 26. Loken Palit 27. The Broken Heart Part 6 28. European Music 29. Valmiki Pratibha 30. Evening Songs 31. An Essay on Music 32. The River-side 33. More about the Evening Songs 34. Morning Songs Part 7 35. Rajendrahal Mitra 36. Karwar 37. Nature’s Revenge 38. Pictures and Songs 39. An Intervening Period 40. Bankim Chandra Part 8 41. The Steamer Hulk 42. Bereavements 43. The Rains and Autumn 44. Sharps and Flats