Alien Homage: Edward Thompson and Rabindranath Tagore - Couverture rigide

Thompson, E. P.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0195630114 ISBN 13 : 9780195630114

Editeur : OUP India, 1993

Synopsis

Edward (E.J.) Thompson first met Rabindranath Tagore on the day the poet learned he had won the Nobel Prize in 1913, and became closely involved with him and his circle during the preparation of "Rabindranath Tagore: Poet and Dramatist", the first major English-language study of his writings. Drawing on his father's letters and journals, eminent historian E.P. Thompson not only traces their stormy friendship, but also offers fresh insights into Anglo-Indian relations in the first quarter of this century.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

Dr Thompson has written a surprisingly detached and objective study in Alien Homage. The correspondence he had recently unearthed does provide a highly interesting picture of what he inelegantly calls the "interface" between Bengali and British cultures, especially before and after the last turn of the century. (Times Literary Supplement)

It is the great achievement of E.P. Thompson's book that it so credibly contest that too predictable model. Thompson pere in fact emerges from `Alien Homage' as a highly complex figure, ... a deeply challenging intervention in current debates about the nature of colonial literary cultures. (R.J. Dingley. University of New England, New South Wales. Notes and Queries)

Présentation de l'éditeur

Edward John Thompson who was in West Bengal during the period 1910-1913 wrote the first major English-language critical study of Tagore's poetry. The work involved him in difficult relations with Tagore, and also with a wide circle of Calcutta intellectuals. The present study by E. P. Thompson draws upon his father's extensive collection of letters and journals, and throws light on unfamiliar aspects of the relations between the two men and between Bengali and British culture. In an important appendix another scholar, Dr Uma Das Gupta, edits a hitherto unknown notebook of Thompson's conversations with Tagore.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: OUP India
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0195630114
• ISBN 13: 9780195630114
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 185
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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