Rabindranath Tagore: The Myriad-Minded Man - Brossura

Dutta, Krishna; Robinson, Andrew

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ISBN 10: 1845118049 ISBN 13: 9781845118044

Casa editrice: Tauris Parke Paperbacks, 2008

Riassunto

Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)--poet, philosopher, painter, novelist, playwright, composer, traveller, political commentator and Asia’s first Nobel Laureate--was one of his era’s cultural icons. Proclaimed as the greatest poet India has ever produced, Tagore left an astonishing legacy undimmed nearly 70 years after his death. But he was also an enigmatic, complex and contradictory figure, torn between India’s spiritual values and the spirit of the West. In this definitive biography, Krishna Dutta and Andrew Robinson explore the man behind the myth, presenting the power of his person, the power of his name and the power of his work. The result is an enlightening and exquisitely rendered portrayal--not of the legend but, to quote Tagore, of "the figure that once moved."

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Recensione:

'One has waited a very long time for a biography of Tagore that did justice to a far more complex and curious mind and life than simply respectful and circumspect accounts allowed. Here it is: thorough, fair, balanced, intelligent, and addressing every aspect of a truly astonishing artist, his life and times.' --Anita Desai

'The entire book was a revelation to me... it brings out very clearly that Tagore was intellectually more perceptive than Gandhi.' --Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Nobel Laureate

'a superb biography' --The New Yorker

L'autore:

Krishna Dutta is an author and translator specializing in the cultural history of Bengal.  Her book, Calcutta: A Cultural and Literary History, was published to critical acclaim and she is currently writing about the history of the first book of Indian cookery to be published in Britain.  Andrew Robinson is the author of more than fifteen books, including The Art of Rabindranath Tagore and two books published by I.B.Tauris: Satyajit Ray: The Inner Eye and Satyajit Ray: A Vision of Cinema (with Nemai Ghosh). He has written biographies of Albert Einstein, Michael Ventris and Thomas Young. He is the former literary editor of The Times Higher Education Supplement,  is now a visiting fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge and a fulltime writer.

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• Editore: Tauris Parke Paperbacks
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1845118049
• ISBN 13: 9781845118044
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 493