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Selected Poems
Rabindranath Tagore
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Description for Selected Poems
Paperback. The poems of Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) are among the most haunting and tender in Indian and in world literature, expressing a profound and passionate human yearning. This title includes his poems such as "Earth", "In the Eyes of a Peacock", "Recovery - 14", "New Rain", and "Grandfather's Holiday". Editor(s): Radice, William. Translator(s): Radice, William. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160.
The poems of Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) are among the most haunting and tender in Indian and in world literature, expressing a profound and passionate human yearning. His ceaselessly inventive works deal with such subjects as the interplay between God and the world, the eternal and transient, and with the paradox of an endlessly changing universe that is in tune with unchanging harmonies. Poems such as 'Earth' and 'In the Eyes of a Peacock' present a picture of natural processes unaffected by human concerns, while others, as in 'Recovery - 14', convey the poet's bewilderment about his place in the world. ... Read more
The poems of Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) are among the most haunting and tender in Indian and in world literature, expressing a profound and passionate human yearning. His ceaselessly inventive works deal with such subjects as the interplay between God and the world, the eternal and transient, and with the paradox of an endlessly changing universe that is in tune with unchanging harmonies. Poems such as 'Earth' and 'In the Eyes of a Peacock' present a picture of natural processes unaffected by human concerns, while others, as in 'Recovery - 14', convey the poet's bewilderment about his place in the world. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140449884
SKU
9780140449884
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About Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)a Bengali poet, Brahmo Samaj philosopher, visual artist, playwright, novelist, and composer whose works reshaped Bengali literature and music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A cultural icon of Bengal and India, he became Asia's first Nobel laureate when he won the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature. William Radice was born in 1951 in ... Read more
Reviews for Selected Poems
By the Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature “An important book . . . William Radice's introduction is excellent.” —The Sunday Times (London)