01303cam a2200169 4500 6663 2007388207 9780198063247. Mitra, Priti Kumar, 1942-2007. The dissent of Nazrul Islam : poetry and history / Priti Kumar Mitra. New Delhi ; Oxford University Press, 2007. xxiii, 330 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-330). 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. 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. Nazrul Islam, Kazi, 1899-1976 Criticism and interpretation. 5612 5612 0 0 ddc 0 0 MAIN RTCLIB RTCLIB MAIN 2018-11-27 10444 0 891.4 MIT 30011222 2018-11-27 00:00:00 2018-11-27 MAIN