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Ravindranath's Poetry

Dattatraya Muley · 1900

An early critical study of Tagore's poetry written during his lifetime, examining his verse and style.

An early scholarly study devoted entirely to analysing Tagore's poetry, written while he was alive.

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Dattatraya Muley, Ravindranath's Poetry, 1900. Scanned book, Internet Archive.

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What it is

This is a book by Dattatraya Muley called Ravindranath's Poetry, published in 1900. It grew out of the author's doctoral thesis and studies the poems of Rabindranath Tagore. The scanned copy is held online by the Internet Archive.

Why it matters

The book shows how Tagore's writing was already being studied and discussed by scholars during his own lifetime. The preface mentions Dr. Suniti Kumar Chatterji, who knew Tagore personally, showing how close contemporaries engaged with his work and legacy.

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  • Why might the author quote Tagore's poems directly rather than only describe them?
  • What does it tell us that a scholar was writing a thesis about Tagore while he was still alive?
  • How might a book about a living poet differ from one about a poet who died long ago?

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