The politics and the reception of Rabindranath Tagore's drama : the bard on the stage / edited by Arnab Bhattacharya and Mala Renganathan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bhattacharya, Arnab, editor.

Renganathan, Mala, editor.

Series:

Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies ; 35.

Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies ; 35

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941--Dramatic works.

Tagore, Rabindranath.

Tagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941.

Drama.

Physical Description:

xi, 272 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2015.

Contents:

Introduction / Arnab Bhattacharya & Mala Renganathan

The politics of Rabindranath Tagore's drama. The paradox of knowledge and the problem of the self: the critique of enlightenment epistemology in Rabindranath Tagore's play The ascetic / Arnab Bhattacharya

Exploring modernities in Rabindranath Tagore's plays / Tutun Mukherjee

A world-oriented disposition: Rabindranath Tagore's political imaginary in the play Raktakarabi (Red oleanders) / Sayan Bhattacharyya

Love in the time of the birth of a celibate India: a study of Rabindranath Tagore's Chirakumar sabha (An association for lifelong celibates) / Dipankar Roy

The "king" in Rabindranath tagore's drama: political power reinscribed in Raja (The king of the dark chamber) / Chandrava Chakravarty

Old text, new theory: reading Tagore's Red oleanders through ecofeminist lenses / Asha Kuthari Chaudhuri

Valmiki pratibha (The genius of valmiki): a study in genius / Rumpa Das

That sudden flash of light: nandini of Rabindranath Tagore's Raktakarabi (Red oleanders) / Sutapa Chaudhuri

The parting curse: a study of debjani and Rabindranath Tagore's voice in Bidaay abhishaap (The parting curse) / Paramita Dutta

Critique of disciplinary sovereign in Rabindranath Tagore's Raktakarabi (Red oleanders) / Suvadip Sinha

The dalit vision in Rabindranath Tagore's Rather roshi (The rope of the chariot): a study / Tapu Biswas

The reception of Rabindranath Tagore's drama. Drama as pedagogy: Rabindranath Tagore's The post office / Mala Renganathan

Rabindranath Tagore's very own theatre idiom / Pradip Lahiri

Extension of the poetic landscape: Rabindranath Tagore's contribution to drama / H S Shiva Prakash

Tracing shyama's line of flight: the minoritarian theatrescape of Rabindranath Tagore in Kolkata / Syed Jamil Ahmed

Perceiving the theatrical space through the metaphorical: a cognito-proxemic reading of Rabindranath Tagore's play sacrifice / Arnab Bhattacharya

The quest continues for the new woman: Rabindranath Tagore's dance dramas and the politics of reception / Sutapa Chaudhuri

Dramas sans dance: a re-reading of Chitrangada and Chandalika / Sharmila Majumdar

Non-action as action: a comparison of selected plays of Rabindranath Tagore and T S Eliot / K Chellappan

Reconstructing Tagore's Dakghar (The post office): a cross cultural myth / Usham Rojio.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138804623

1138804622

OCLC:

890310156