dc.contributor.author | Lewisohn, L | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-03-13T14:48:19Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-06-01 | |
dc.description.abstract | Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) has been praised by a number
of Bengali Muslim authors for his sympathetic portrayal of Islamic concepts
and ideals, and it is well known that some of his works of prose and
verse were influenced by Persian poetry and Sufism. Tagore’s father knew
Persian and could recite the poetry of Ḥāfiẓ (d. 1389) by heart. Tagore
himself was also deeply influenced by the Persian classical poet. In the last
decade of his life, Tagore described his admiration for the great Persian
Sufi poets, visiting the tombs of Ḥāfiẓ and Sa‘dī in Shiraz. In this article,
I will discuss the spiritual milieu of the Persianate culture of nineteenthand
early twentieth-century Bengal to shed light on the extent of the
influence of Persian Sufi ideas on this milieu in general and Tagore in particular.
Attention will also be given to other aspects of Tagore’s religious
syncretism: Bāul mysticism and its lyric poetry, Sahaja Buddhism, Vedanta
philosophy, the Upanishads, and a few other currents of Eastern thought.
Lastly, I will explore Tagore’s relationship with Persian Sufi concepts and
poetry and discuss the effect of his visit to Iran and his encounter with the
poet Ḥāfiẓ | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 2, pp. 2-41 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/32085 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | The Pennsylvania State University Press | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/intejperslite.2.1.0002 | en_GB |
dc.rights | © The Pennsylvania State University Press. | en_GB |
dc.subject | Poetry | en_GB |
dc.subject | Religious poetry | en_GB |
dc.subject | Sufism | en_GB |
dc.subject | Muslims | en_GB |
dc.subject | Indian literature | en_GB |
dc.subject | Lyric poetry | en_GB |
dc.subject | Hindus | en_GB |
dc.subject | Islam | en_GB |
dc.subject | Literary criticism | en_GB |
dc.subject | Religious literature | en_GB |
dc.title | Rabindranath Tagore's Syncretistic Philosophy and the Persian Sufi Tradition | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2018-03-13T14:48:19Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2376-5739 | |
dc.description | This is the author accepted manuscript. The final published electronic version is available at the web site of JSTOR via the link in his record. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | International Journal of Persian Literature | en_GB |