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Gitanjali: Song Offerings

Gitanjali: Song Offerings

Yeats, William Butler
Tagore, Rabindranath

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Literary CriticismFiction AnthologiesGeneral Poetry

ISBN10: 1162627794
ISBN13: 9781162627793
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Sep 10 2010
Pages: 126
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.27 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Gitanjali: Song Offerings is a collection of poems written by the Indian poet, philosopher, and Nobel laureate Sir Rabindranath Tagore. Originally written in Bengali and translated into English by Tagore himself, this book contains 103 poems that explore themes of spirituality, love, and nature. The poems are written in a lyrical and meditative style, and they often employ metaphors and imagery drawn from Indian mythology and religion. The title of the book, Gitanjali, means song offerings in Bengali, and the poems are presented as offerings to the divine. Tagore's work has been praised for its beauty, depth, and spiritual insight, and it has had a profound influence on Indian literature and culture. This edition of Gitanjali includes an introduction by W. B. Yeats, who was a friend and admirer of Tagore's work.1913. A Collection of Prose Translations made by the author from the original Bengali. Tagore was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913 for this book of prose. Tagore is an artist of rare lyrical powers, who understands the human soul. Tagore's poems are devotions, mystical, sublimated ecstasy. They are the thoughts of a seer, the perfect union of beauty and truth in poetry.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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