REVOLUTIONARY IMPULSE IN TORU DUTT’S A SHEAF GLEANED IN FRENCH FIELDS

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Rajveer Singh, Kum Kum Ray, Nita (Dave) Jain

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Toru Dutt spent some time in France, read French poets and translated some poems into English with her sister Aru Dutt. This collection of translated poems was published as A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields in 1876. The study of French poets made her an ardent lover of freedom, which is evident in A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields. The poems express love and pain for nation and generate revolutionary impulse. It also revives collective consciousness by narrating events form historical battles.     

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