Coming age: collected English writings

By:

Bharati, C. Subramania

Contributor(s):

Rajan, Mira T. Sundara (Ed.)

Publication details: Penguin Books, 2021. Gurugram:Description: xxxvii, 237p.; pbk; 20cmISBN:

9780143453406

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

954.035 BHA

Summary: C. Subramania Bharati (1882-1921) has an unrivalled reputation in twentieth-century Tamil literature and has come to be known as the Tamil ‘Mahakavi’, meaning ‘Supreme Poet’. His work as a poet and prose-writer ignited a Renaissance in modern Tamil writing. However, he also wrote and published regularly in English. The Coming Age brings together Bharati’s important English writings in an authoritative and reliable edition presented by his great-granddaughter. The pieces in this volume reveal a well informed and cosmopolitan writer, engaging with the world around him, passionately sharing his opinions. Exploring Indian history and culture, offering a shattering contemporary view of the colonial experience, commenting on political events, advocating for women’s rights and caste equality, and sharing his deep knowledge of the Tamil language and literary tradition, these pieces present Bharati in a new light for a new generation. https://penguin.co.in/book/collected-english-writings/#:~:text=regularly%20in%20English.-,The%20Coming%20Age%20brings%20together%20Bharati's%20important%20English%20writings%20in,him%2C%20passionately%20sharing%20his%20opinions.

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Includes notes and index

C. Subramania Bharati (1882-1921) has an unrivalled reputation in twentieth-century Tamil literature and has come to be known as the Tamil ‘Mahakavi’, meaning ‘Supreme Poet’. His work as a poet and prose-writer ignited a Renaissance in modern Tamil writing. However, he also wrote and published regularly in English.
The Coming Age brings together Bharati’s important English writings in an authoritative and reliable edition presented by his great-granddaughter. The pieces in this volume reveal a well informed and cosmopolitan writer, engaging with the world around him, passionately sharing his opinions.
Exploring Indian history and culture, offering a shattering contemporary view of the colonial experience, commenting on political events, advocating for women’s rights and caste equality, and sharing his deep knowledge of the Tamil language and literary tradition, these pieces present Bharati in a new light for a new generation.

https://penguin.co.in/book/collected-english-writings/#:~:text=regularly%20in%20English.-,The%20Coming%20Age%20brings%20together%20Bharati's%20important%20English%20writings%20in,him%2C%20passionately%20sharing%20his%20opinions.

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