Gitanjali & Fruit-Gathering (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Poems & Verses under the Crimson SkyBy Rabindranath Tagore
Length10h 6m
About this audiobook
Gitanjali & Fruit-Gathering brings together two of Rabindranath Tagore's most luminous collections of devotional and philosophical lyrics. In Gitanjali, the soul addresses the divine in songs of surrender, longing, humility, and inward awakening; Fruit-Gathering extends this vision into meditations on labor, mortality, love, and the ripening of spiritual experience. Written in a supple prose-poetic style, these pieces merge Bengali bhakti traditions, Upanishadic thought, and modern lyric inwardness, standing at the crossroads of Indian spirituality and world literature. Tagore (1861–1941), poet, dramatist, composer, educator, and the first non-European Nobel laureate in Literature, wrote from within the cultural ferment of the Bengal Renaissance. His life at Santiniketan, his engagement with rural Bengal, and his resistance to narrow nationalism shaped his art's universal humanism. The English Gitanjali, partly self-translated, introduced global readers to a voice both intimate and cosmopolitan. This volume is ideal for readers seeking poetry that is contemplative without being abstract, religious without dogmatism, and simple without superficiality. It rewards slow reading, offering a humane vision of the self in communion with nature, work, suffering, and the eternal.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenrePoetry
Length10 hrs 6 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 19, 2020
LanguageEnglish
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