Bengal and Italy
Transcultural Encounters from the Mid-19th to the Early 21st Century
Herausgeber: Chakravarti, Paromita; Prayer, Mario
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Transcultural Encounters from the Mid-19th to the Early 21st Century
Herausgeber: Chakravarti, Paromita; Prayer, Mario
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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.
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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.
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- Verlag: Taylor & Francis
- Seitenzahl: 236
- Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2024
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
- Gewicht: 340g
- ISBN-13: 9781032423050
- ISBN-10: 1032423056
- Artikelnr.: 71909036
- Herstellerkennzeichnung
- Libri GmbH
- Europaallee 1
- 36244 Bad Hersfeld
- gpsr@libri.de
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis
- Seitenzahl: 236
- Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2024
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
- Gewicht: 340g
- ISBN-13: 9781032423050
- ISBN-10: 1032423056
- Artikelnr.: 71909036
- Herstellerkennzeichnung
- Libri GmbH
- Europaallee 1
- 36244 Bad Hersfeld
- gpsr@libri.de
Paromita Chakravarti is Professor, Department of English, and has been the Director of the School of Women's Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. She completed her doctoral studies at the University of Oxford, UK. She teaches Renaissance drama, women's writing, sexuality and film studies. Her work in the School of Women's Studies has focused on education and sexuality. Her edited book is Women Contesting Culture: Changing Frames of Gender Politics in India (2012) and co-edited books are Shakespeare and Indian Cinemas: 'Shakespeare and Indian Cinemas' (2018) and Asian Interventions in Global Shakespeare: 'All the World's His Stage' (2021). Mario Prayer is Professor of Modern and Contemporary History of India at Sapienza University of Rome. His research interests focus on the political and cultural history of 20th-century Bengal, Indo-Italian relations in the inter-war period, Mahatma Gandhi's reconstruction movement and the Panchayats in West Bengal. He is the author of The 'Gandhians' of Bengal: Nationalism, Social Reconstruction and Cultural Orientations 1920-1942 (2001) and has translated works by Rabindranath Tagore and Manik Bandopadhyay from the original Bengali into Italian.
List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
Contributors
Introduction: 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 Chakravarti
Part 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 Banerjee
Part 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
Bengal
Index
Acknowledgements
Contributors
Introduction: 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 Chakravarti
Part 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 Banerjee
Part 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
Bengal
Index
List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
Contributors
Introduction: 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 Chakravarti
Part 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 Banerjee
Part 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
Bengal
Index
Acknowledgements
Contributors
Introduction: 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 Chakravarti
Part 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 Banerjee
Part 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
Bengal
Index