The dissent of Nazrul Islam : poetry and history / Priti Kumar Mitra.

By:

Mitra, Priti Kumar, 1942-2007

Material type:

TextPublication details: New Delhi ; Oxford University Press, 2007.Description: xxiii, 330 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cmISBN:

9780198063247.

Subject(s):

Nazrul Islam, Kazi, 1899-1976 -- Criticism and interpretation

Contents:

CONTENTS: List of plates -- Acknowledgements -- Preface - - Transliteration scheme --Dialectics of dissent Reconstructing the 'rebel poet' -- Against muslim and hindu orthodoxies: dissent of the rebel poet -- Against the hegemony of Rabindranath Tagore: dissent of the rebel poet -- The true premise of the rebel poet -- Appendix -- Glossary Bibliography.

Summary: A pioneering work on the life and times of Nazrul Islam with translation of many of his verses, the book focuses on the poet's dissent against the British colonial government in India, the Gandhian non-violent nationalist struggle, Islamic fundamentalism, and Hindu cultural chauvinism, as also the hegemony of Rabindranath Tagore in the world of Bengali literature.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-330).

A pioneering work on the life and times of Nazrul Islam with translation of many of his verses, the book focuses on the poet's dissent against the British colonial government in India, the Gandhian non-violent nationalist struggle, Islamic fundamentalism, and Hindu cultural chauvinism, as also the hegemony of Rabindranath Tagore in the world of Bengali literature.