Contemporary Bengali Literature

The Book Is A Brief But Essentially Complete Survey Of Literary Activities In Bengali Since The Appearance Of The Speech. In The Introducing Chapters Of The Book Linguistic And Literary Affinities Of New Indo-Aryan Speeches Have Been Sketched And The Origin And Development Of The Bengali Language As Well As Of The Bengali Script Has Been Given In Outline.

Periodicals, Readers and the Making of a Modern Literary Culture is a study of literary periodicals and the Bengali public sphere at the turn of the twentieth century, the variety of interests and concerns that animated this domain and how literary relations were seen to constitute new social solidarities.

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 Rabindranath Tagore, 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.

Chaudhuri's extravagant and discerning collection unfurls the full diversity of Indian writing from the 1850s to the present in English, and in elegant new translations from Bengali, Hindi, and Urdu. Among the 38 authors represented are contemporary superstars such as Salman Rushdie, Vikram Seth, and Pankaj Mishra.

"Bengali Literature" is a literary essay written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee which denotes the body of writings in the Bengali language. The timeline of Bengali literature is divided into three periods: ancient (650-1200), medieval (1200-1800) and modern (after 1800). Chatterjee enlightens the story of the people of Bengali origin and their significance in the field of literature with a review of some writers that are worthy of acknowledgement among their peers.

Papers read at a seminar held in 1987 under the auspices of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh; includes essays that were presented at seminars held in 1958 in the erstwhile East Pakistan.