Glimpses of Paradise
Selected Poems & Songs of Rabindranath Tagore
This Nobel Laureate in Literature is celebrated for his profoundly sensitive, fresh, and beautiful verse, which with consummate skill he has woven into the fabric of Western literature. Tagore modernized Bengali art by eschewing rigid classical forms and resisting linguistic strictures. His novels, stories, songs, dance-dramas, and essays explored both political and personal themes, noted for their lyricism, colloquialism, naturalism, and unconventional contemplations. His compositions were so resonant that two nations chose his works as their national anthems, a testament to his profound artistic and cultural impact.
Selected Poems & Songs of Rabindranath Tagore
Poet, novelist, painter and musician, Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) is the grand master of Bengali culture. Written during the 1890s, the stories in this collection recreate vivid images of Bengali life and landscapes in their depiction of peasantry and gentry, casteism, corrupt officaldom and dehumanizing poverty.