Part of 'The Oxford Tagore Translations' series, a prestigious project undertaken by Oxford University Press in collaboration with Visva-Bharati, the four volumes comprising the set present a rich selection of Rabindranath Tagore's poems, essays, short stories, and writings for children. Selected Poems includes 150 poems, which cover the entire span of Tagore's life and illustrate his work in many significant genres and forms. They offer a representative range of Tagore's output in the field of poetry, which was the primary marker of his identity. Selected Writings on Literature and Language includes essays that engage with the central issues of criticism, literary theory, and aesthetics. Selected Short Stories presents a selection of writings from Tagore's vast corpus of short stories that weave together myths, fairy tales, and modern day fables. Selected Writings for Children presents a delightful selection of Tagore's nonsense poetry, short plays and sketches, short stories, chatty tales, and the fantastic world of 'That Man'-which draw on emotions ranging from the comic to the tragic. Each of the four volumes comes with a detailed introduction and extensive notes.

Table of Contents:
SELECTED POEMS GENERAL EDITOR'S PREFACE , A NOTE ON THE CONTRIBUTORS , NOTES ON DATES, TEXT, AND ILLUSTRATIONS , INTRODUCTION BY SANKHA GHOSH , THE SUICIDE OF THE STAR , THE SPRING WAKES FROM ITS DREAM , RAHU'S LOVE , THE HEART'S LONGINGS , SONG-WRITING , MEMORY , BEYOND THE SUNSET , BRIEF INFINITY , ETERNAL DAY , OCEAN WAVES , TO AHALYA , A FAREWELL , THE GOLDEN BOAT , I WON'T LET YOU GO , SWAYING , TO THE OCEAN , THE HEART'S YAMUNA , VOYAGE WITHOUT END , ON A MOONLIT LIGHT , NOW TURN ME BACK , THE VARIOUS-PICTURED , A PLEA , URVASHI , THE MIRAGE , THE LORD OF LIFE , BESIDE THE SEA , OFFERING , THE UNPHILOSOPHICAL , THE UNKNOWN UNIVERSE , AFFLICTION , ; LAST FERRY , THE HOLY HOUR , RENUNCIATION , UNNECESSARY , THE COMING , THE MISER , SONG: THIS STORMY NIGHT , SONG: THE SUIT , SONG: WHEN LIFE HAS WITHERED , SONG: YOUR FLUTE PLAYS IN THE THUNDER , PILGRIMAGE TO INDIA , THE DISHONOURED , SONG: THIS IS WHY YOUR JOY , MY SONG HAS CAST OFF , THE DAY I GO , SONG: THIS IS NO SWEET GAME , SONG: THE NIGHT MY DOORS WERE SHATTERED , SONG: THE HERDS OF LIGHT , SONG: MY LAMP BLOWN OUT , SUPREME FAREWELL , SONG: THE CLOUD SAYS, 'I AM GOING' , SONG: FROM THE SPRINGS OF DARKNESS , THE EVENING TRAVELLER , THE PICTURE , THE RESTLESS ONE , REPAYMENT , YOU AND I , THE FLYING GEESE , THE STORM-CROSSING , RELEASE , BEING LOST , DUSK AND DAWN , ONE DAY , FULFILMENT , FOOTSTEPS , GRATITUDE , THE SKELETON , UNION , THE EXCHANGE , HYMN TO THE TREE , WOMAN OF THE SEA , SEPARATION , WOMAN EMPOWERED , THE INCOMPLETE , THE QUESTION , THE BLACK HORSE , ; ON EVERY SIDE, SHE-SNAKES , WHY? , SOUND , A DECAYED HOUSE, A DESERTED MANSION , THE DRUMMERS , THE PEACOCK'S GAZE , THIS SIDE AND THAT , REMNANT , SONG: AHEAD, THE SEA OF PEACE , THE ROMANTIC , GIFTS , COMINGS AND GOINGS , AQUATIC , THE FIRST FORCE , SUDDEN DEATH , IMPOSSIBLE , I IMAGINE , LETTER FROM KALIMPONG , IN THIS UNIVERSE , IN THE GREY TWILIGHT WEDDING-HOUR , WHEN I DO NOT SEE YOU , CONCORD , THE PALL OF THE SELF , IN THE VAST FIELD OF CREATION , THEY WORK , SWEET IS THIS HEAVEN , SONG: THE SUPREME MAN NOW COMES , ON THE BANKS OF THE RUPNARAYAN , THE FIRST DAY'S SUN , SORROW'S DARK NIGHT , THE PATH OF YOUR CREATION , NOTES ; SELECTED WRITINGS ON LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE GENERAL EDITOR'S PREFACE , A NOTE ON THE CONTRIBUTORS , A NOTE ON THE STYLE OF DATES AND THE TEXT , SOME BASIC TERMS AND CONCEPTS, AND THEIR RENDERINGS , INTRODUCTION BY SISIR KUMAR DAS , SILENT POET, UNTAUGHT POET , 'DE PROFUNDIS' , ON CHANGES IN THE STATE OF POETRY , BAUL SONGS , LITERATURE (1889), FROM THE FIVE ELEMENTS-A FIRST ACQUAINTANCE / PROSE AND VERSE / THE SIGNIFICANCE OF A POEM / LUCIDITY / MIRTH / THE MEASURE OF MIRTH / A NOVEL RAMAYANA , THE THEATRE , CHILDREN'S RHYMES , RURAL LITERATURE , WORLD LITERATURE , LITERARY CREATION , THE SENSE OF BEAUTY , BENGALI NATIONAL LITERATURE , THE HISTORICAL NOVEL , A POET'S BIOGRAPHY , VIDYAPATI'S RADHIKA , THE NATURE OF KRISHNA , THE MEGHADUTAM ; SELECTED SHORT STORIES LANGUAGE GENERAL EDITOR'S PREFACE , A NOTE ON THE CONTRIBUTORS , A NOTE ON THE STYLE OF DATES, THE TEXT, AND THE ILLUSTRATIONS , TITLES, CHRONOLOGY AND PLACE OF FIRST PUBLICATION OF THE STORIES IN THIS VOLUME , INTRODUCTION BY TAPOBRATA GHOSH , THE GHAT'S STORY , RAMKANAI'S FOLLY , THE EXERCISE-BOOK , INHERITANCE , A SINGLE NIGHT , A FANCIFUL STORY , THE LIVING AND THE DEAD , THE GOLDEN DEER , KABULIWALA , SUBHA , PUNISHMENT , TRESPASS , GRANDFATHER , HUNGRY STONE , THE VISITOR , THE ROYAL MARK , FOLLY , THE WEDDING GARLAND , THE HALDAR FAMILY , THE WIFE'S LETTER , WOMAN UNKNOWN , HOUSE NUMBER ONE , THE UNAPPROVED STORY , BALAI , THE LABORATORY , APPENDIX: THE STORY OF A MUSSALMANI , NOTES ; SELECTED WRITINGS FOR CHILDREN GENERAL EDITOR'S PREFACE , A NOTE ON THE CONTRIBUTORS , INTRODUCTION , AT THE START , GRANDFATHER'S HOLIDAY , VERSES , FLOWERS , OUR LITTLE RIVER , THE VOYAGE , THE RUNWAY CITY , BHOTAN-MOHAN , THE FLYING MACHINE , THE BLAZE , THE TIGER , THE PALM TREE , SUNDAY , THE UNRESOLVED , THE STAR GAZER , THE HERO , THE WISE BROTHER , BIG AND SMALL , ASTRONOMY , STORIES , THE SCIENTIST , THE KING'S PALACE , THE BIG NEWS , THE FAIRY , MORE-THAN-TRUE , THE RATS' FEAST , WISHES COME TRUE , PLAYS , THE WELCOME , THE POET AND THE PAUPER , THE ORDEALS OF FAME , THE EXTENDED FAMILY , THE FREE LUNCH , THAT MAN , MORE VERSES , MOVING PICTURES , AT SIXES AND SEVENS , THE INVENTION OF SHOES , THE KING'S SON AND THE KING'S DAUGHTER , FRAGMENTS , BHAJAHARI , THE BUILDER , MADHO , TWO BHIGAS OF LAND , THE MAGIC STONE , THE FAKE FORTRESS , THE CAPTIVE HERO , THE REPRESENTATIVE , THE BEGGAR'S BOUNTY , ; MY CHILDHOOD , DESTRUCTION , EXPLANATIONS , NOTES ON TEXTS, DATES, AND PUBLICATIONS , LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS