The works of Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay (1894 – 1950) was an author from West Bengal in India and his works are mostly set in rural Bengal. According to the British poet and critic Martin Seymour-Smith, author of Guide to Modern World Literature (1973), Bandyopadhya...

Old English Literature and its Afterlife "Cædmon, sing mē hwæthwegu" The English language came into being in the years between the Romans' departure from Britain (c. 400 CE) and the Norman Conquest (1066 CE). The first iteration of the language seems far removed from modern English. For one thing...

At the end of Rabindranath Tagore's "A Dream", there's one part (the ending) that goes like this: At the gate The lamp went out In the temple On the banks of Shipra The prayers stopped. This comes after the rest of the poem is describing coming home to "my beloved", with descriptions of this wo...