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Eschewing theological abstractions and scriptural information, this study is an insight into the empirical quest for the finite-infinite relationship as understood and experienced by the two epoch-making literary figures, Rabindranath Tagore and T.S. Eliot. Through the predominant relationships of man with love, death, time, humanity and liberation, it makes a first-of-its-kind attempt to capture the subtle nuances of the religious sensibilities of the two poets. The book uncovers a deep undercurrent of mysticism that lies embedded in their oeuvre and shows how the East and West have converged in the spiritual concerns of the two central figures of the modern age.

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Dr. Indrani Mukherji, D.Litt., is an Associate Professor in the Department of English, University of Allahabad. A recipient of three National Fellowships by the U.G.C., she has also published a book T.S. Eliot and Neo-Classical Poetry which probes into a relatively unexplored aspect of Eliot´s close affinity with his Neo-Classical counterparts vis-à-vis their principal poetic concepts and techniques. She has also contributed to leading journals like the Indian Journal of American Studies and Journal of Literary Criticism.

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