The Artist in Chains : The Life of Bankimchandra Chatterjee/Sisir Kumar
Das. Reprint. Calcutta, Papyrus, 1995, 287 p.
The Artist in Chains : The Life of Bankimchandra Chatterjee/Sisir Kumar
Das. Reprint. Calcutta, Papyrus, 1995, 287 p.
Contents: Introduction. I. Morning 1838-1869: 1. The making of an artist. 2. In the world of romance. II. Midday 1869-1880: 3. The artist with a mission. 4. Four novels: the struggling artist. 5. An essay on equality. 6. Thoughts of an opium eater. 7. A short interregnum. 8. An approach to art. III. Afternoon 1880-1887: 9. The parable of patriotism. 10. Bransons and Muchirams. 11. A new Hinduism. 12. The exile and the homecoming. IV. Evening 1887-1894: 13. Splendours of the twilight. 14. Hesperus. 15. Epilogue. Postscript. Appendices: 1. The story of a song. 2. Vandemataram: text and translation. 3. A Muslim baiter? Select bibliography. Index.