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Friendships in the Shadow of Empire: Tagore's Reception in Chicago, circa 1913–1932.
- Source :
- Modern Asian Studies; Sep2014, Vol. 48 Issue 5, p1161-1187, 27p
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- This paper supplies the historical context to the Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore's (1861–1941) first visit to the city of Chicago in January 1913 when he spoke at the University of Chicago and established life-long friendships with some of the literary personalities of the city. By focusing on how Tagore came to be received by the University authorities and on his friendship with Harriet Vaughan Moody (1857–1932), the widow of the American writer William Vaughn Moody, it also seeks to trace the role that the themes of ‘empire’ and ‘civilization’ played in determining how the poet was received, understood, and admired by his foreign friends. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- INDIC poets
AUTHORS' travels
HISTORY
TWENTIETH century
INTELLECTUAL life
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0026749X
- Volume :
- 48
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Modern Asian Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 97315117
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S0026749X13000413