Bengal renaissance : the first phase / by Sibnarayan Ray

Includes bibliography and index.

INTRODUCTION: Preliminaries -- The individual in the renaissance -- Individual in the Hindu tradition -- Brahmanism in Bengal and the impact of Islam -- BENGAL RENAISSANCE, WESTERN IMPACT AND RAMMOHUN ROY: The new individual of the Bengal renaissance -- The situational context and the middle classes -- Intellectuals and the spirit of inquiry and criticism -- Rammohun: the first personality of the Bengal renaissance -- THE NEW INTELLIGENTSIA: DEROZIO, ''ÝOUNG BENGAL'' AND VIDYASAGAR: Derozio and young Bengal -- Vidyasagar and Michale -- Vidyasagar: the vertical man of the Bengal renaissance -- MICHAEL MADHUSUDAN: THE REVOLUTION IN BENGALI POETRY: Early years -- Madras period -- Calcutta, creativity and revolution -- The tragic final years -- VERTICALITY, BHADRALOK AND 'BAD-FAITH': Pressures and limitations --Intellectuals and Bhadralok -- Bengal renaissance and the Brahmo Samaj -- Bhadralok and 'bad faith'