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020			_a9780198063247.
100	1		_aMitra, Priti Kumar, _d1942-2007.
245	1	4	_aThe dissent of Nazrul Islam : _bpoetry and history / _cPriti Kumar Mitra.
260			_aNew Delhi ; _bOxford University Press, _c2007.
300			_axxiii, 330 p. : _bill., maps ; _c22 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [317]-330).
505			_aCONTENTS: 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. _g _r _t
520			_aA 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.
600	0	0	_aNazrul Islam, _cKazi, _d1899-1976 _xCriticism and interpretation.
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