Fantasy Fictions from the Bengal Renaissance: The Make-Believe Prince; Toddy-Cat the Bold - Brossura

Tagore, Abanindranath; Tagore, Gaganendranath

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0199486751 ISBN 13: 9780199486755

Casa editrice: OUP India, 2018

Riassunto

'Fantasy Fictions from the Bengal Renaissance' presents two masterpieces of Bengali literature by Rabindranath Tagore's nephews, Abanindranath Tagore and Gaganendranath Tagore. 'The Make-Believe Prince' is the delightful story of a king, his two wives, a trickster monkey, a witch, and a helper from another world who is not a 'fairy godmother'. Abanindranath deploys traditional children's rhymes and paints exquisite word-pictures in his unusual original rendering of a tale which has its origins in Bengali folktale materials in various genres. 'Toddy-Cat the Bold' sees a group of brave comrades seek help from a young boy to rescue the son of their leader from the Two-Faced Rakshasa of the forest, and has another, more numinous helper. Inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice books, it presents a comic, exciting, and mysterious journey quite unlike Carroll's, with many traditional local touches and an unexpected ending.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Abanindranath Tagore was a renowned Indian artist, author, and folklorist. Gaganendranath Tagore was a famous satirical cartoonist, and a pioneer of lithography and design in India. Sanjay Sircar is a scholar in children's literature and fantasy fiction, and has a longstanding interest in various marginalliterary traditions.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: OUP India
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0199486751
• ISBN 13: 9780199486755
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 372
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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