Table 3Tagoreana Published by Private Publishers with ISBN表3tagreana公布私人出版商ISBN.pptVIP

Tagore in Print in Post Copyright Phase: An Assessment Partha Pratim Ray Librarian and Guest Faculty Instt. of Education, Visva-Bharati West Bengal- 731 235 E-mail: raypartha1@ * 1. Introduction The first book of Rabindranath Kavi-Kahini was published in the year 1878 by his friend Prabodh Chandra Ghosh. Regarding this publication Rabindranath wrote “When I was in Ahmedabad with my brother, my friend astonished me by sending this book”1. The second one Banaphul was published in the year 1880 by the poet’s elder brother Somendranath. Sailesh Chandra Majumdar of Majumdar Library was the first professional publisher who first published Kavyagrantha (collected works) of Rabindranath in the year 1903-04. Before that Rabindranath had to publish his works using his own fund with the exception of Kadi o Komal (published in 1886 by People’s Library), Chithipatra (published in 1887 by Saratkumar Lahiri and Co.), and Panchabhut (published in 1897 by Sur Company). Books published from Adi Brahmasamaj Jantra were exclusively funded from his own fund given by his father Debendranath Tagore. Sometimes Rabindranath had to face serious scarcity of funds for publication as well as to meet the expenses of Santiniketan Ashrama. Tagoreana (all the intellectual output of Rabindranath ) was even sold in half price from bookshops like Sri Sri Chaitanya Pustakalaya, 9 Cornwallis Street, Kolkata in the year 1304 (B.S.) through press advertisement. Even Rabindranath expressed his willingness to give up copyright of his collected works and publications up to Kshanika (1900) for rupees six thousand only to any persons in a letter addressed to Priyanath Sen in 1307 (B.S.). ? * Rabindranath established Visva-Bharati Granthan Vibhaga (VBGB), the Publishing Department of the University, in the year 1923 and published dance drama Basanta in the same year. But regular publication started from the year 1925 with the publication of Puravi. Before that t