Celebrating Tagore: A Collection of Essays ,Year 1995 - Hardcover

Celebrating Tagore : A Collection of Essays

Contents Preface 1 Introduction 2 Tagore and his artistic creation 3 Tagore and his philosophical thoughts 4 Tagore as social crusader 5 Indian renaissance and concept of universal humanity 6 Rise of literary consciousness 7 Tagore and his idea of patriotism 8 Tagore?s spirit of renunciation 9 Violence or non-violence Rabindranath Tagore vs Mahatma Gandhi 10 Tagore and his writings 11 Tagore and collection of his essays Bibliography IndexRabindranath Tagore 1861-1941 was the youngest son of Debendranath Tagore a leader of the Brahmo Samaj which was a new religious sect in nineteenth-century Bengal In his mature years in addition to his many sided literary activities he managed the family estates a project which brought him into close touch with common humanity and increased his interest in social reforms Tagore?s collection of essays is the author?s most acclaimed essays in which the poet?s religion and the creative ideal reveal some of his fundamental tenets of art and aesthetics of life and religion and the religion of the poet The essays in Sadhana tell us of the ancient spirit of India Crisis in Civilisation Sabhyatar Samkat was the last public address delivered by Tagore on April 14 1941 The Religion of Man are an extensive and commanding exposition of Tagores understanding of the meaning and significance of religion in the cultural history of man and Greater India deals with the Swadeshi Movement in Bengal one of the most turbulent periods in Indian history One of India?s most cherished renaissance figures Rabindranath Tagore put India on the literary map of the world when his Gitanjali was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1913 272 pp. Artikel-Nr. 100265

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