Tagore beyond Borders

Essays on His Influence and Cultural Legacy

Mihaela Gligor, Elisabetta Marino, Mihaela Gligor, Elisabetta Marino

• Publisher: Routledge India
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN: 9781032133348
• eBook ISBN: 9781000829235
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Littérature
• Subtopic: Histoire et théorie de la philosophie

This book looks at Rabindranath Tagore's creative art, social commitment, literary and artistic representation and his unique legacy in the cultural history of modern India – as a blend of the quintessentially Indian and the liberal universalist. Tagore's genius, which he expressed through his poetry, songs, paintings, drama and philosophy, is celebrated across the globe. In 1913, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for his volume of poetry, Gitanjali (Song Offerings), making him the first Nobel laureate from Asia. This volume of essays celebrates his intellectual engagements and his incredible legacy by discussing the diverse ways in which his works have been reinterpreted, adapted and translated over the years. It analyses his perspectives on modernity, nationalism, liberation, education, post-colonialism and translatability and their relevance today. The leitmotif is a Tagore who, while imaginable as made possible only within the Indian tradition, eludes attempts aimed at identification with a national culture and remains a "cosmopolitan" in the best sense of the term.This volume will be of interest to readers and researchers in the fields of literature, philosophy, political science, cultural studies, Asian studies, South Asian studies and Tagore studies. Fans of Tagore will also find this an interesting read as it presents many little knows aspects of the poet's work.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Endorsement
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Contributors
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Cultural Transfer, Rabindranath Tagore’s Travels and Travel Writing
• 3 Travelling Fictions: The English Stories of Rabindranath Tagore
• 4 Du Bois and Tagore: Between Transnational Solidarity and Cultural Appropriation
• 5 Tagore’s Educational Paradigm and Its Relevance to Modern Teaching
• 6 Tagore and Gandhi. Their Deep Thoughts About Their Country
• 7 The Mysterious Inner World. Remarks on Representation of Religion in Rabindranath Tagore’s Sādhanā, and The Religion of Man
• 8 “All Broken Truths Are Evil.” Rabindranath Tagore on the Life-Transforming Freedom (Mukti)
• 9 Women’s “Voices” in Rabindranath Tagore’s Later Poetry. A Postcolonial Perspective
• 10 Strangeness and the “New Woman.” Rereading Rabindranath Tagore’s The Laboratory
• 11 Cinematographic Adaptations of Rabindranath Tagore’s Short Stories – Between Reality, Lyricism and Visual Poetry
• Index