Rabindranath Tagore: the Image of the Poet as Pilgrim
Rabindranath Tagore: the Image of the Poet as Pilgrim
Author(s): Raluca BobocSubject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Presa Universitara Clujeana
Keywords: pilgrimage; liminality of pilgrimage; pabbajja; existential / spiritual map; “the innermost shrine”; All-Man (Vishva-manava); pilgrim of the heart.
Summary/Abstract: Reconstructing the image of Tagore as pilgrim implies embarking on a hermeneutic journey on several different maps. By accessing the imaginary of pilgrimage and discussing it against Tagore’s wayfaring on the geographical, cultural and existential/spiritual map, I endeavour to look into the way Tagore rewrites the artist’s strategies of reaching universalism and attaining wholeness. To illustrate, pieces and poems from Gitanjali are analysed to the conclusion that Tagore is a pilgrim of the heart.
Journal: International Journal on Humanistic Ideology
- Issue Year: III/2010
- Issue No: 02
- Page Range: 123-133
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English