9789383166152 - Gitanjali Reborn: William Radic Writings on Rabindranath Tagore von Kampchen, Martin (2 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. pp. 258.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. After his path-breaking translation of Tagore s poems in 1985, Radice evolved into an ambassador of the poet in the Western world. He also translated Tagore s short stories and brief poems, and finally translated Gitanjali afresh, restoring Tagore s original English manuscript. W.B. Yeats had, in his attempt to edit them, seriously tampered with many Gitanjali poems. From 2011 to 2013, when the poet s 150th birth anniversary was celebrated, Radice went from city to city in Asia, Europe and North America to advocate Rabindranath s importance as a poet and what he means to him. Radice, himself a recognised poet and an erudite scholar, delved into the deeper meaning of Tagore s poems and songs, gauged his emotions and hidden thoughts and discussed his ideas on education and the environment with an insight probably no other Westerner has. This book presents a comprehensive collection of lectures and essays Radice wrote during those festival years.