This book is a brief but essentially complete survey of literary activities in Bengali since the appearance of the speech. In the introductory chapters of the book linguistic and literary affinities of New Indo-Aryan speeches have been sketched and the origin and development of the Bengali language as well as of the Bengali script has been given in outline. The author's terminus ad quem is 1941, the year of Rabindranath Tagore's death.
About the Author
Dr. Sukumar Sen, the author of the book, has received several honours and recognition for his outstanding researches on the Bengali language and literature. The Fellowship of the Sahitya Akademi, the nation's highest literary Honour, was conferred on his in 1973.
| FOREWORD | Page v | |
| PREFACE | ix | |
| 1 | EVOLUTION OF THE LANGUAGE AND SCRIPT | 1 |
| 2 | THE PRE-VERNACULAR BACKGROUND | 10 |
| 3 | FORMS OF EARLY POETRY | 18 |
| 4 | OLD BENGALI POETRY AND MYSTICISM | 24 |
| 5 | THE DARK CENTURIES AND THE EMERGENCE OF THE CULT THEMES | 34 |
| 6 | FROM THE FIFTEENTH TO THE EARLY SIXTEENTH CENTURY | 62 |
| 7 | CHAITANYA AND HIS MOVEMENT | 77 |
| 8 | THE NEW URGE IN LITERATURE | 88 |
| 9 | VAISHNAVA LYRIC SONGS AND NARRATIVE NERSE | 97 |
| 10 | THE TRADITION OF COURT PATRONAGE | 107 |
| 11 | NARRATIVE POETRY ON CANDI AND MANASA | 112 |
| 12 | THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY | 122 |
| 13 | THE ARRAKAN POETS AND THE LATER MUSLIM WRITERS | 137 |
| 14 | THE EIGHTENTH CENTURY : ITS TENDENCIES AND EFFECTS | 147 |
| 15 | DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY PROSE | 163 |
| 16 | THE WESTERN STAGE AND THE EARLY DAYS OF THE BENGALI DRAMA | 175 |
| 17 | FORERUNNERS OF THE NEW POETRY | 186 |
| 18 | MICHAEL MADHUSUDAN DUTT AND HIS FOLLOWERS | 193 |
| 19 | PROSE FICTION AND BANKIM CANDRA CHATTERJI | 208 |
| 20 | THE THEATRE | 223 |
| 21 | THE ROMANTICS | 235 |
| 22 | RABINDRANATH TAGORE | 248 |
| 23 | BEGINNING OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY | 290 |
| 24 | WORLD WAR TO NON-CO-OPERATION | 301 |
| 25 | INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT TO ANOTHER WORLD WAR | 322 |
| APPENDIX | 350 | |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 387 | |
| INDEX | 393 |
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This book is a brief but essentially complete survey of literary activities in Bengali since the appearance of the speech. In the introductory chapters of the book linguistic and literary affinities of New Indo-Aryan speeches have been sketched and the origin and development of the Bengali language as well as of the Bengali script has been given in outline. The author's terminus ad quem is 1941, the year of Rabindranath Tagore's death.
About the Author
Dr. Sukumar Sen, the author of the book, has received several honours and recognition for his outstanding researches on the Bengali language and literature. The Fellowship of the Sahitya Akademi, the nation's highest literary Honour, was conferred on his in 1973.
| FOREWORD | Page v | |
| PREFACE | ix | |
| 1 | EVOLUTION OF THE LANGUAGE AND SCRIPT | 1 |
| 2 | THE PRE-VERNACULAR BACKGROUND | 10 |
| 3 | FORMS OF EARLY POETRY | 18 |
| 4 | OLD BENGALI POETRY AND MYSTICISM | 24 |
| 5 | THE DARK CENTURIES AND THE EMERGENCE OF THE CULT THEMES | 34 |
| 6 | FROM THE FIFTEENTH TO THE EARLY SIXTEENTH CENTURY | 62 |
| 7 | CHAITANYA AND HIS MOVEMENT | 77 |
| 8 | THE NEW URGE IN LITERATURE | 88 |
| 9 | VAISHNAVA LYRIC SONGS AND NARRATIVE NERSE | 97 |
| 10 | THE TRADITION OF COURT PATRONAGE | 107 |
| 11 | NARRATIVE POETRY ON CANDI AND MANASA | 112 |
| 12 | THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY | 122 |
| 13 | THE ARRAKAN POETS AND THE LATER MUSLIM WRITERS | 137 |
| 14 | THE EIGHTENTH CENTURY : ITS TENDENCIES AND EFFECTS | 147 |
| 15 | DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY PROSE | 163 |
| 16 | THE WESTERN STAGE AND THE EARLY DAYS OF THE BENGALI DRAMA | 175 |
| 17 | FORERUNNERS OF THE NEW POETRY | 186 |
| 18 | MICHAEL MADHUSUDAN DUTT AND HIS FOLLOWERS | 193 |
| 19 | PROSE FICTION AND BANKIM CANDRA CHATTERJI | 208 |
| 20 | THE THEATRE | 223 |
| 21 | THE ROMANTICS | 235 |
| 22 | RABINDRANATH TAGORE | 248 |
| 23 | BEGINNING OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY | 290 |
| 24 | WORLD WAR TO NON-CO-OPERATION | 301 |
| 25 | INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT TO ANOTHER WORLD WAR | 322 |
| APPENDIX | 350 | |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 387 | |
| INDEX | 393 |
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