The Bengali Drama: Its Origin and Development

by P. Guha-Thakurta

Overview

This is Volume V out of eleven that form a collection on India, its History, Economy and Society. First published in 1930, this book looks at the origin and development of Bengali Drama and contains matter for historians, as well as direct criticism of what the author considers to be genuinely dramatic in the literature of Bengal, past or present.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415245043
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/23/2000
Series:	Trubner's Oriental Ser.
Pages:	258
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

P. Guha-Thakurta, Reader in English, Lucknow University.

Table of Contents

Part 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 CHAPTER I THE RELATION OF THE YĀTRĀ TO THE ANCIENT INDIAN DRAMA; Chapter 2 CHAPTER II THE ORIGIN OF THE YĀTRĀ; Chapter 3 CHAPTER III THE YĀTRĀ AND THE EARLY EUROPEAN DRAMA; Chapter 4 CHAPTER IV THE YĀTRĀ AS ACTED; Chapter 5 CHAPTER V THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE YĀTRĀ; Chapter 6 CHAPTER VI THE BENGALI DRAMA IN NEPĀL; Chapter 7 CHAPTER VII THE ANTIQUITY OF THE THEATRE IN INDIA; Part 2 THE BEGINNINGS OF THE MODERN BENGALI DRAMA; Chapter 8 CHAPTER VIII THE NEW ERA; Chapter 9 CHAPTER IX THE EUROPEAN THEATRES AND THEIR EARLY IMITATORS; Chapter 10 CHAPTER X ENGLISH PLAYS PRODUCED BY BENGALIS; Chapter 11 CHAPTER XI THE FIRST BENGALI PLAY; Chapter 12 CHAPTER XII “KULĀN-KUL-SARBASVA”; Chapter 13 CHAPTER XIII SANSKRIT PLAYS; Chapter 14 CHAPTER XIV RĀM NĀRĀYAĀ TARKARATNA (1823–85); Part 3 THE BENGALI THEATRES; Chapter 15 CHAPTER XV THE BELGĀCHHIĀ THEATRE; Chapter 16 CHAPTEE XVI MICHAEL MADHU SŪDAN DATTA (1824–73); Chapter 17 CHAPTER XVII THE RIVALS OF THE BELGĀCHHIĀ THEATEE; Part 4 THE AGE OF GIRĪŚ CHANDRA GHOĀ; Chapter 18 CHAPTER XVIII THE EARLY ACTIVITIES OF GIRĪŚ CHANDRA GHOĀ; Chapter 19 CHAPTER XIX THE NATIONAL THEATRE; Chapter 20 CHAPTER XX DĪNA BANDHU MITRA (1829–73); Chapter 21 CHAPTER XXI THE SUCCESSORS OF THE NATIONAL THEATRE; Chapter 22 CHAPTER XXII THE ART AND PRACTICE OF GIRĪŚ CHANDRA GHOS; Part 5 DVIJENDRA LĀL RĀY AND HIS TIMES; Chapter 23 CHAPTER XXIII THE SVADEŚĪ ĀNDOLAN; Chapter 24 CHAPTER XXIV NATIONALISM IN LITERATURE AND DRAMA; Chapter 25 CHAPTER XXV THE NATIONALISM OF DVIJENDRA LĀL RĀY; Chapter 26 CHAPTER XXVI THE PLAYS OF DVIJENDRA LĀL RĀY; Part 6 RABĪNDRA NĀTH TAGORE; Chapter 27 CHAPTER XXVII HIS EARLIER DRAMAS; Chapter 28 CHAPTER XXVIII HIS SYMBOLICAL DRAMAS; Chapter 29 CHAPTER XXIX HIS DRAMATIC ART; Part 7 CONCLUSION; Chapter 30 Chapter XXX THE OUTLOOK; BIBLIOGRAPHY; play PLAYS AND PLAYWRIGHTS; INDEX;