Selected Poems

by Rabindranath Tagore, Sukanta Chaudhuri (Editor), Sankha Ghosh

Overview

The 150 poems in this volume, including many new translations, cover the entire span of Tagore's life and illustrate his work in many significant genres and forms. Within the covers of a single volume, they offer a more representative range than ever before in English of Tagore's output in the field of poetry, which was a primary marker of his identity. The volume also includes a detailed introduction and extensive notes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198069645
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	02/01/2011
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	472
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), Nobel Laureate, is the most eminent modern Indian writer to have appeared on the world literary scene.

Sukanta Chaudhuri is Professor of English at Jadavpur University, Kolkata.

Sankha Ghosh was formerly Professor of Bengali at Jadavpur University, Kolkata.

Table of Contents

bGeneral Editor's Preface/bbA Note on the Contributors/bbNotes on Dates, Text, and Illustrations/bbIntroduction by Sankha Ghosh/bThe Suicide of the StarThe Spring Wakes from its DreamRahu's LoveThe Heart's LongingsSong-WritingMemoryBeyond the SunsetBrief InfinityEternal DayOcean WavesTo AhalyaA FarewellThe Golden BoatI Won't Let You GoSwayingTo the OceanThe Heart's YamunaVoyage without EndOn a Moonlit LightNow Turn Me BackThe Various-PicturedA PleaUrvashiThe MirageThe Lord of LifeBeside the SeaOfferingThe UnphilosophicalThe Unknown UniverseAfflictionDevoured by the GodWords and RhythmAfter the Burning of MadanaThe End of the YearThe Meeting of Karna and KuntiThe DrunkardHow Old Is the Poet?CompensationBlock BlossomThe PoetLifeYour GestureThe Nest and the SkyAthirstChange of EraWhere the Mind is without FearThe Poet's ScienceDeath-TrystWorshipThe Crazy SpringThe AfarDear MotherThe Children by the ShoreThe Incense LongsLast FerryThe Holy HourRenunciationUnnecessaryThe ComingThe MiserSong: This Stormy NightSong: The SuitSong: When Life has WitheredSong: Your Flute Plays in the ThunderPilgrimage to IndiaThe DishonouredSong: This is Why your JoyMySong has Cast offThe Day I GoSong: This is No Sweet GameSong: The Night my Doors were ShatteredSong: The Herds of LightSong: My Lamp Blown OutSupreme FarewellSong: The Cloud says, 'I am Going'Song: From the Springs of DarknessThe Evening TravellerThe PictureThe Restless OneRepaymentYou and IThe Flying GeeseThe Storm-CrossingReleaseBeing LostDusk and DawnOne DayFulfilmentFootstepsGratitudeThe SkeletonUnionThe ExchangeHymn to the TreeWoman of the SeaSeparationWoman EmpoweredThe IncompleteThe QuestionThe Black HorseDeath-VanquisherContemplationFlute-MusicBeautyDeathThe IndifferentThe VictorThe Ancient Old manThe EndEarthILast NightOn the Open pathIdentityAfricaDepletionWhen the Ravelled Thread of DreamsThis is FreedomI Saw in the TwilightThe Day my Consciousness was FreedOn Every Side, She-SnakesWhy?SoundA Decayed House, a Deserted MansionThe DrummersThe Peacock's GazeThis Side and ThatRemnantSong: Ahead, the Sea of PeaceThe RomanticGiftsComings and GoingsAquaticThe First ForceSudden DeathImpossibleI ImagineLetter from KalimpongIn this UniverseIn the Grey Twilight Wedding-HourWhen I do not See YouConcordThe Pall of the SelfIn the Vast Field of CreationThey WorkSweet is this HeavenSong: The Supreme Man Now ComesOn the Banks of the RupnarayanThe First Day's SunSorrow's Dark NightThe Path of Your CreationbNotes/b

Editorial Reviews

"The Oxford Translations present an opportunity to take stock of Tagore's achievement and its historical moment. The series not only gives us an overview of the veast range of his work but is a fresh attempt to assuage the annxiety that Tagore has seldome been well translated, least of all by himself, and to allay the fear that he cannot be."—Amit Chaudhuri, London Review of Books

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