Fantasy Fictions from the Bengal Renaissance: The Make-Believe Prince; Toddy-Cat the Bold - Softcover

Tagore, Abanindranath; Tagore, Gaganendranath; Sircar, Sanjay

 
9780199486755: Fantasy Fictions from the Bengal Renaissance: The Make-Believe Prince; Toddy-Cat the Bold
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0199486751 ISBN 13: 9780199486755
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2018

Synopsis

'Fantasy Fictions from the Bengal Renaissance' presents two masterpieces of Bengali literature by Rabindranath Tagore's nephews, Abanindranath Tagore and Gaganendranath Tagore. 'The Make-Believe Prince' is the delightful story of a king, his two wives, a trickster monkey, a witch, and a helper from another world who is not a 'fairy godmother'. Abanindranath deploys traditional children's rhymes and paints exquisite word-pictures in his unusual original rendering of a tale which has its origins in Bengali folktale materials in various genres. 'Toddy-Cat the Bold' sees a group of brave comrades seek help from a young boy to rescue the son of their leader from the Two-Faced Rakshasa of the forest, and has another, more numinous helper. Inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice books, it presents a comic, exciting, and mysterious journey quite unlike Carroll's, with many traditional local touches and an unexpected ending.

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About the Author


ABANINDRANATH TAGORE,GAGANENDRANATH TAGORE,SANJAY SIRCAR

Abanindranath Tagore was a renowned Indian artist, author, and folklorist. Gaganendranath Tagore was a famous satirical cartoonist, and a pioneer of lithography and design in India. Sanjay Sircar is a scholar in children's literature and fantasy fiction, and has a longstanding interest in various marginalliterary traditions.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0199486751
ISBN 13 
9780199486755
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
372