Particles, Jottings, Sparks: The Collected Brief Poems

Particles, Jottings, Sparks: The Collected Brief Poems

by RabindranathTagore (Author)

Synopsis

Appear as miniature fables, epigrams, quatrains and fleeting verses - spontaneous, friendly and accessible * Translated for the first time by Tagore's leading English-language translator William Radice - 500 brief poems * Embraces the breathtaking variety that lies at the very heart of India's national bard Translations can usually only select from Tagore's vast oeuvre. But in the case of the brief poems it is possible to translate virtually his entire output in the genre. Originally published in three separate volumes, these brief poems are central to his poetry and personality, and span his entire career. Whether in miniature fables, epigrams, ironic quatrains, or fleeting verse jotted down in his travels, the vioce of the great Bengali poet is always spontaneous, friendly and accessible.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 202
Publisher: Angel Books
Published: 27 Apr 2001

ISBN 10: 0946162662
ISBN 13: 9780946162666

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* According to W. B. Yeats, the poetry of Bengali poet Tagore appeared the work of a supreme culture [and at the same time] as much the growth of the common soil as the grass and the rushes. ...the great Columbuses of science are revealing new continents of darkness. For the night-bird of poetry, what happier time can there be! - Tagore
Author Bio
Rabindranath Tagore was born in 1861 in Calcutta. His vast and innovative oeuvre, in almost every literary genre, was begun at an early age. In 1912, during a visit to England, his religious lyrics in his own English translations were admired by W.B. Yeats, and in 1913 he won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Thereafter for the rest of his life he was accorded the status of a prophet and guru. His compassionate wholeness of outlook, as respectful of modern science as of India's spiritual heritage, has imparted a civilised ideal that has not been overturned. He died