The poetry and history Mitra, Priti Kumar 1942-2007 creator text New Delhi Oxford University Press 2007 monographic xxiii, 330 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. 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. 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. Priti Kumar Mitra. Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-330). Kazi Nazrul Islam 1899-1976 Criticism and interpretation 9780198063247. 2007388207 6663