| Modern Bengali Poetry: Desire for Fire Contributor(s): Sinha, Arunava (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1912681226 ISBN-13: 9781912681228 Publisher: Parthian OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Anthologies (multiple Authors) - Poetry | Asian - General |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5" W x 8" (0.55 lbs) 250 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The seventh-most spoken language in the world, Bengali is home to some of the most distinctive poetry ever written anywhere. Starting with the later poems of Nobel Laureate RabindranathTagore, there has been a long and continuous line of modern poetry in the language, its span ranging from lyrical love poems to passionate political verse, from expressions of existential anguish to psychological explorations. This volume celebrates over one hundred years of this poetry from the two Bengals--the eastern Indian state and the country of Bangladesh--represented by over fifty different poets and a multitude of forms and styles. |