Selected Poems (Modern Classics)
by Tagore, Rabindranath
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0140079858
- ISBN 13
- 9780140079852
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Synopsis
The poems of Rabindranath Tagore are among the most haunting and tender in Indian and world literature, expressing a profound and passionate human yearning. His ceaselessly inventive works deal with such subjects as the interplay between God and mortals, the eternal and the transient, and the paradox of an endlessly changing universe that is in tune with unchanging harmonies. Poems such as “Earth” and “In the Eyes of a Peacock” present a picture of natural processes unaffected by human concerns, while others, as in “Recovery—14,” convey the poet’s bewilderment about his place in the world. And exuberant works such as “New Rain” and “Grandfather’s Holiday” describe Tagore’s sheer joy at the glories of nature or simply in watching a grandchild play. William Radice's exquisite translations are accompanied by an introduction discussing Tagore's Bengali cultural background, his social, political, and religious beliefs, and the lyirc meters and verse forms he developed Contains a new preface, chronology of Tagore's life and works, and updated suggestions for further reading
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- Bookseller
- Harry Righton (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 800331
- Title
- Selected Poems (Modern Classics)
- Author
- Tagore, Rabindranath
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10
- 0140079858
- ISBN 13
- 9780140079852
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Harmondsworth, Middlesex
- Date Published
- 1985
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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