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Contents (cid:2) i Novelist Tagore ii (cid:2) Novelist Tagore This page intentionally left blank Contents (cid:2) iii Novelist Tagore Gender and Modernity in Selected Texts Radha Chakravarty R O Routledge U T LE DG Taylor & Francis Group E LONDON NEW YORK NEW DELHI iv (cid:2) Novelist Tagore First published 2013 in India by Routledge 912 Tolstoy House, 15–17 Tolstoy Marg, Connaught Place, New Delhi 110 001 Simultaneously published in the UK by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2013 Radha Chakravarty Typeset by Solution Graphics A–10, Indira Puri, Loni Road Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh 201 102 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage and retrieval system without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978-0-415-84043-9 Contents (cid:2) v To Rani Ray, who inspired me to rediscover Tagore vi (cid:2) Novelist Tagore This page intentionally left blank Contents (cid:2) vii Contents Acknowledgements ix Introduction 1 1. Chokher Bali: The Novel of the New Age 48 2. Gora: Nationalism and the Quest for Identity 62 3. Quartet: Reason, Religion and Sexuality 77 4. The Home and the World: Gender and Nationalism 92 5. Yogayog: A World in Transition 109 6. Farewell Song: Romance and Realism 123 7. Four Chapters: The Language of Violence 134 Bibliography 146 About the Author 155 Index 156 viii (cid:2) Novelist Tagore This page intentionally left blank Contents (cid:2) ix Acknowledgements I am grateful to Rani Ray, Malashri Lal and all those who encouraged me to write this book and helped me with their valuable ideas and sug- gestions. I wish to thank Ananda Lal and Samantak Das for inviting me to develop my research as a visiting scholar at the Rabindranath Studies Centre, Jadavpur University. Many thanks to Hashem Khan, Abul Khair and Luva Nahed Chaudhuri for facilitating the cover design. It was a pleasure working with the editorial team at Routledge because of their interest and involvement in the project. Above all, I want to express my deep appreciation for the unstinting support I have received from my family.
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