About this title: Hindu mystic, poet, teacher, Nobel prize winner, Rabindranath Tagore stands among the greatest of Asiatic poets of all time. William Butler Yeats says that this 19th century writer "like Chaucer's Forerunners, writes music for his words and (that he) is so abundant, so spontaneous, so daring in his passon, and so full of surprise". John Alden Carpenter, the noted American composer, has set several of these beautiful lyrics to music.
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Edition: New ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Macmillan, New York
Date Published: 1916
Description: Very Good. xxii, 101 p. port. 19 cm. Translations of poems contained in three books, Naivédya, Kheyá, and Gitánjali, and a few poems which have appeared only in periodicals. Cf. p.95. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Wilder Publications
Date Published: 2009-04-09
ISBN-13:9781604594614ISBN:1604594616
Description: Very good. Very minimal damage to the cover (no holes or tears, only minimal scuff marks), in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, minimal to no highlighting/under. read more
Description: Good. 0486414175 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Macmillan Company, London
Date Published: 1967
Description: Fair. No Jacket. Hard Back. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. X-Library with normal flaws......The hard cover has damage to the spine. Metal strip at the spine of one of the pages...............We are very careful when we list our books, but sometimes something minor may get by. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Wilder Publications
Date Published: 2009-04-09
ISBN-13:9781604594614ISBN:1604594616
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
"The poems within this book are beautiful. They explained Tagores view of the cosmos and how he finds his place in the the space between acceptance of the new and loyalty to the old. I plan on reading this book again in a few months with the hope of gaining a new appreciation of the writing."
"Who dare say much against a Nobel Laureate who has written national anthems for 2 countries ? Its a book I appreciate, but I didn't enjoy reading it.
True to the title, Geet-anjali is essentially a set of prayers (song-offerings)...inspirational thoughts to uplift you from your defeatist mode of thinking into an elevated mode of thinking...now I personally am not too fond of this metaphysical brainwashing by repetition...i wonder if it was intended for the masses ?!! ...i like to view my life as a series of intense emotions and impulses... and God and prayers have little to add to it...
Nevertheless, some of Tagore's poems on country, world, life, death, strength, perseverance and people are good. I am not sure why do people call Tagore a romantic. He is a realist. He is a believer. But he is not a romantic. And to me, romance stands for the romanticism of ideas, not limited to passionate love of your lover...In fact, several of Tagore's poems on love are focused on a non-idealized, non-romantic notion of love...and feel very mechanically rhymed to me. Some I do like though...
As the night keeps hidden in its gloom the petition for light, even thus in the depth of my unconsciousness rings the cry ---`I want thee, only thee'.
As the storm still seeks its end in peace when it strikes against peace with all its might, even thus my rebellion strikes against thy love and still its cry is ---`I want thee, only thee'.
Another poem that mystifies me is "She".
I had read "Mind without Fear" back in school days...it reminds me of John Lennon's Imagine...my all time favorite song...for its music, the magical voice of Lennon and the lyrics...
"Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls;" - TAGORE
"Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too " - JOHN LENNON"
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