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Raja (play)

Play by Tagore, also called "The King of the Dark Chamber"

Play by Tagore, also called "The King of the Dark Chamber"

Raja () (also known as The King of the Dark Chamber in the English translation) is a play by Rabindranath Tagore written in 1910. This play is marked as a symbolic play as well as a ‘mystic play’.{{cite book |last1=Ghosh |first1=Sisirkumar|author-link=Sisir Kumar Ghose

The theme of the play is "the secret dealing of God with the human heart."

Reception

Sukumar Sen described Raja as "the first really symbolic drama by Tagore."

The play became one of philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein's favourite books; he found in it an expression of his own religious ideal.

References

References

  1. (1979). "History of Bengali Literature". [[Sahitya Akademi]].
  2. Monk, Ray. "Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius".
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