Humour in Rabindranath Tagore's selected early short stories: a freudian reading

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Humour in Rabindranath Tagore's selected early short stories: a freudian reading

This essay is intended to fill the gap in the discussion of humour in Rabindranath Tagore’s writings, particularly his short stories. It argues that although Tagore is often seen as a serious writer, dealing with significant issues concerning religion, politics and culture in his work, he also had a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Quayum, Mohammad Abdul
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Flinders University, Australia 2014
Subjects:	PE English PI Oriental languages and literatures PN0080 Criticism
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/39320/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/39320/1/Humour_in_Rabindranath_Tagore.pdf

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