Bengal and Italy: Transcultural Encounters from the Mid-19th to the Early 21st Century

It is a collection of 10 essays on the transcultural encounter between Bengal and Italy from the late 19 & 20th century. It explores the largely unknown features of a multifaceted dialogue in the fields of literature, music, architecture, art, cinema, diplomacy, entrepreneurship, travels, educat...

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Weitere Verfasser: Chakravarti, Paromita (HerausgeberIn), Prayer, Mario 1961- (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York ; London Routledge 2023
Schriftenreihe:Routledge studies in comparative literature
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Zusammenfassung:It is a collection of 10 essays on the transcultural encounter between Bengal and Italy from the late 19 & 20th century. It explores the largely unknown features of a multifaceted dialogue in the fields of literature, music, architecture, art, cinema, diplomacy, entrepreneurship, travels, education and intellectual engagement
Beschreibung:List of illustrationsAcknowledgements ContributorsIntroduction: Paromita Chakravarti & Mario Prayer Part 1. Encounters in words and sounds: Literature, Music, Performance- Chapter 1. From Dante to Rabindranath: An Unfolding Renaissance: Sukanta Chaudhuri- Chapter 2. Rabindranath Tagore as Reflected in the Works of Early-20th-Century Italian Composers: Luisa Prayer- Chapter 3. Translating Cultures: Italian Dramatists on the Bangla Stage: Paromita ChakravartiPart 2. Encounters in shapes and images: Architecture, Art, Cinema- Chapter 4. Neoclassical Architecture in 19th-Century Calcutta and the Case of Bengali Domestic Residences: Monolina Bhattacharyya- Chapter 5. The Italian Connection to Indian Art in Calcutta: The Contribution of Olinto Ghilardi and Sashi Hesh in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries: Rituparna Basu- Chapter 6. Before Neorealism, After Commedia: Tracing an Aesthetic Décalage: Trinankur BanerjeePart 3. Encounters through experience: Business, Travel, Politics- Chapter 7. Italy and the Discovery of India: The Early Phase of Italian Foreign Policy in Bengal (1849-1936): Marzia Casolari- Chapter 8. "The Italian [...] who Comes Here to try his Luck [...] Only Deals in Trade": Italian Traders in Bengal 1850-1950 ca.: Antonella Viola- Chapter 9. Travels in Italy: Bengali Writings in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries: Sanjukta Das Gupta- Chapter 10. Emissaries of Swadeshi: Bengali Internationalists in Inter-War Italy: Mario Prayer- Postscript. Interview of Consul General Dr. Gianluca Rubagotti with the Editors of the Volume on Continuing Cultural Exchanges Between Italy and BengalIndex
Beschreibung:XII, 235 Seiten 12 Illustrationen und Porträts
ISBN:9781032423043
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