Tales Across Time: Understanding Hybridity in Children’s Fantasy Fictions from the Bengal Renaissance: Sircar, S. (Trans. & Annot.). (2018). Fantasy fictions from the Bengal Renaissance: Abanindranath Tagore, The Make-Believe Prince – Gaganendranath Tagore, Toddy-Cat the Bold. Oxford University Press.

Neena Gupta Vij

doi:10.32798/dlk.760

Published: 2021-12-31

Vol. 3 No. 2 (2021)

Tales Across Time: Understanding Hybridity in Children’s Fantasy Fictions from the Bengal Renaissance

Neena Gupta Vij

Dzieciństwo. Literatura i Kultura

Section: Review articles

https://doi.org/10.32798/dlk.760

Sircar, S. (Trans. & Annot.). (2018). Fantasy fictions from the Bengal Renaissance: Abanindranath Tagore, The Make-Believe Prince – Gaganendranath Tagore, Toddy-Cat the Bold. Oxford University Press.

Abstract

This review article discusses the book Fantasy Fictions from the Bengal Renaissance: Abanindranath Tagore, The Make-Believe Prince – Gaganendranath Tagore, Toddy-Cat the Bold, translated and annotated by Sanjay Sincar (2018). The author of the paper situates the Tagore brothers’ stories in the context of Indian folklore and literary traditions, highlighting Sircar’s research skills as expressed in his meticulous commentaries and analytical thoroughness. She also notes that the work combines translation with comparative studies and elaborates on these issues in a detailed discussion of the monograph’s contents. In her opinion, the reviewed book confirms the validity of the study of vernacular works for children and may provide an impetus for further research focused on Indian works beyond the traditional literary canon.

Keywords:

Abanindranath Tagore, Bengal, children’s literature, fantasy, folklore, Gaganendranath Tagore, India, Sanjay Sircar

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Gupta Vij, N. (2021). Tales Across Time: Understanding Hybridity in Children’s Fantasy Fictions from the Bengal Renaissance: Sircar, S. (Trans. & Annot.). (2018). Fantasy fictions from the Bengal Renaissance: Abanindranath Tagore, The Make-Believe Prince – Gaganendranath Tagore, Toddy-Cat the Bold. Oxford University Press. Dzieciństwo. Literatura I Kultura, 3(2), 166–181. https://doi.org/10.32798/dlk.760

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Neena Gupta Vij

neenaguptavij@gmail.com
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4438-2843

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Central University of Jammu India

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Neena Gupta Vij – PhD, works at the Department of English at the Central University of Jammu (India). Her research interests include contemporary women’s writing in English and English translation, translation studies, American literature, postcolonial studies, diaspora studies, and myth studies. Contact: neenaguptavij@gmail.com.