Tagore's Idea of World Literature
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3753047 |
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| Authors | Makarand R Paranjape, Makarand Paranjape (Jawaharlal Nehru University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 27-39 |
| Publication date | 2011-08-30 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Aletria Revista de Estudos de Literatura (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1679-3749 • E-ISSN: 2317-2096 |
| Publisher | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - Pro-Reitoria de Pesquisa (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.17851/2317-2096.21.2.27-39 |
| OpenAlex | W2136101162 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
Though it seems to have re-surfaced in a dramatic way, Rabindranath Tagore's essay remained untranslated till 2001. Though Tagore only comes to world literature in the end, the essay is an important statement of Tagore's view of the purpose of human life and the role art in its fruition; indeed, we might consider the essay to be a concise formulation of Tagore's aesthetic philosophy itself. What Tagore meant by world literature was the essential unity of human experience and therefore of human creativity
Aesthetics · Art · Creativity · Epistemology · Literature · Sociology · Statement (logic · World literature · Indian History and Philosophy · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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