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The [Oxford India] Anthology of Bengali Literature: Volume I (1861-1941) spans a period of 80 years and includes the writings of some of the most representative figures in Bengali literature. Offering a judicious selection of a vast number of writers, the anthology includes works belonging to a wide range of genres including poetry, short story, novel, memoir, and essay, among others. The chronological listing of works by authors enables the readers to develop a sense of evolution of the various genres and sub-genres across the late nineteenth and early to mid twentieth centuries, while savouring this veritable feast of material. The volume is divided into three sections. The poetry section begins with Michael Madhusudan Datta (1824-73), includes the works of Rabindranath Tagore, Sukumar Ray, Jibanananda Das, Kazi Nazrul Islam, Buddhadeva Bose, and Bishnu Dey, among others, and ends with Samar Sen (1916-87). The section on short fiction includes celebrated practitioners like Bankimchandra Chatterjee, Rabindranath Tagore, Abanindranath Thakur, and Sharatchandra Chatterjee, among several others.
Rashsundari Devi, Debendranath Thakur, Jagadish Chandra Bose, and Indira Devi Chaudhurani are some of the names that figure in the section on prose non-fiction.
Contents
POETRY: MICHAEL MADHUSUDAN DATTA, 'BANGABHASHA' ; 'THE SLAYING OF MEGHANADA' ; RABINDRANATH TAGORE/THAKUR, 'AN ORDINARY PERSON' ; 'BIG SISTER' ; 'THE MEDIATRIX' ; 'A STRESSFUL TIME' ; 'THE OLD HOUSE' ; 'ONE DAY' ; 'THE APPREHENSION' ; 'THE SKELETON' ; 'IMPOSSIBLE' ; 'PALM-TREE' ; 'FLUTE-MUSIC' ; 'FROM LEKHAN' ; 'FROM SPHULINGA' ; 'THIS SIDE AND THAT' ; PRIYAMBADA DEVI, 'THE UNSATISFIED LONGING' ; 'DEDICATION' ; 'AN ENIGMA' ; 'UNGRATEFUL' ; 'THE ENDLESS' ; 'SURRENDER' ; 'DREAM-FOUNDLING' ; 'IN THE RAIN' ; 'AFTER THE STORM' ; 'THE DREAM JOURNEY' ; 'IRREVOCABLE' ; 'UNTITLED' ; 'A QUERY' ; 'REVEILLEZ ' ; 'AWAKENING' ; SUKUMAR RAY, 'ODOUR IN THE COURT' ; 'BABURAM THE SNAKECHARMER' ; 'THE OLD WOODMAN' ; 'SHADOW PLAY' ; 'SPOOK SPORTS' ; JIBANANANDA DAS, 'TANGERINE' ; 'IF I WERE' ; 'GRASS' ; 'WINDY NIGHT' ; 'A DAY EIGHT YEARS AGO' ; KAZI NAZRUL ISLAM, 'SONG OF DESTRUCTION: THOSE IRON GATES OF PRISON' ; 'IN THE RESTLESS WHEELS OF CHANGE' ; 'THE ECSTASY OF CREATION' ; 'VICTORESS' ; 'INK ON MY FACE, INK ON MY HANDS' ; SUDHINDRANATH DATTA, 'A FAREWELL' ; 'CONFLICT' ; 'CAMEL-BIRD' ; 'THE FOOL' ; 'THE END' ; JASIM UDDIN, 'FIRST LOVE' ; 'COME TO THE GARDEN BY NIGHT' ; BUDDHADEVA BOSE, 'LOVE AND LIFE' ; 'THIS IS ALL' ; 'THERE ISN'T TIME' ; 'RAIN AND STORM' ; 'NEW LEAVES' ; 'HILSA' ; BISHNU DEY, 'FEAR NO MORE THE DARKNESS' ; 'LOVE IS THE NEST IN THE SKY' ; 'SUMMER IN CALCUTTA' ; 'SONNET' ; 'QUICKSAND' ; 'A KAFI' ; SAMAR SEN, 'AFTERMATH' ; 'LAND OF THE MOHUAS' ; 'THE MARCH OF TIME' ; 'HISTORY' ; 'WHEREVER YOU GO' ; 'A GIRL' ; '1900' ; SHORT FICTION: BANKIMCHANDRA CHATTERJEE, 'LIFE STORY OF MUCHIRAM GURH' ; RABINDRANATH TAGORE, 'A SINGLE NIGHT' ; SHARATKUMARI CHAUDHURANI, 'LOVED OR UNLOVED?' ; UPENDRAKISHORE ROYCHAUDHURI, 'THE WICKED TIGER' ; PRAMATHA CHAUDHURI, 'TALES OF FOUR FRIENDS' ; ABANINDRANATH THAKUR, 'CARAMEL DOLL' ; PRABHATKUMAR MUKHOPADHYAY, 'THE GODDESS' ; SHARATCHANDRA CHATTERJEE, 'MAHESH' ; PARASHURAMA (RAJSHEKHAR BOSE), 'ON BHUSHANDI'S PLAIN' ; JAGADISH GUPTA, 'AT THE DAY'S END' ; BIBHUTIBHUSHAN BANDYOPADHYAY, 'BAMA' ; JYOTIRMOYEE DEVI (SEN), 'MARKET VALUES' ; TARASHANKAR BANDYOPADHYAY, 'THE GYPSY WOMAN' ; JIBANANANDA DAS, 'TOGETHER, ALONE' ; MANIK BANDYOPADHYAY, 'PRIMEVAL' ; PROSE NON-FICTION: RASHSUNDARI DEVI, 'MY LIFE' ; DEBENDRANATH THAKUR, 'AUTOBIOGRAPHY' ; BHUDEB MUKHOPADHYAY, 'SENSE OF NATIONAL IDENTITY AND WESTERN INFLUENCE' ; BANKIMCHANDRA CHATTERJEE, 'A BENGALEE'S HUMANITY' ; KALIPRASANNA SINHA, 'THE OBSERVANT OWL' ; SHIBNATH SHASTRI (SIVANATH SASTRI), 'A HISTORY OF THE RENAISSANCE IN BENGAL' ; RAMTANU LAHIRI, 'A REFORMER' ; JAGADISH CHANDRA BOSE, 'THE LITERARY IN THE SCIENTIFIC' ; RABINDRANATH TAGORE, 'GORA: SENSE OF NATIONAL IDENTITY' ; 'JIBANSMRITI' (REMEMBERING LIFE) ; 'JAPAN-JATREE' (TRAVELLER TO JAPAN) ; 'ATMAPARICHOY' (ABOUT MYSELF) ; 'CHHELEBELA' (BOYHOOD DAYS) ; 'GITACHARCHAA' (CULTIVATING MUSIC) ; 'NARRATIVE PERSONAL LETTER' ; 'LETTERS FROM RUSSIA' ; 'CRISIS IN CIVILIZATION' ; PRAMATHA CHAUDHURI, 'THE STORY OF BENGALEE LITERATURE' ; BINODINI DASI, 'MEMOIRS OF (ACTRESS) BINODINI' ; INDIRA DEVI CHAUDHURANI, 'RELATIONSHIPS' ; ROKEYA SAKHAWAT HOSSAIN, 'THE SECLUDED ONES' ; S. WAJED ALI, 'BHARATBARSHA' ; SATYENDRA NATH BOSE, 'THE SCIENTIST'S PLEA' ; JIBANANANDA DAS, 'ON POETRY' ; SUDHINDRANATH DATTA, 'AN INTRODUCTION TO RABINDRANATH'S GENIUS' ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
