# Anthology of modern Indian poetry Author: Goodwin, Gwendoline, 1896- [Editor] Genre: Category: Poetry Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74751 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Anthology+of+modern+Indian+poetry+Goodwin&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary Francis Bacon it was who said, “Prefaces are great wastes of time, and tho’ they seem to proceed of modesty, they are bravery.” It is necessary, however, in the present instance to make a stand against the somewhat sweeping convictions of the Elizabethan master. The call of Youth in India is a hot young call, trumpeting down the ages through a maze of polytheistic tribute, and emerging in the twentieth century with some of its original clearness of sound drowned by a Gargantuan thunder of Western drums. The Indian poet of to-day is torn, like the Indian painter, between admiration for Western models and a desire to mould himself thereon, and an inherent Indian tradition that runs in his v... ## Chapters - [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/anthology-of-modern-indian-poetry-74751/chapters/2/index.md) - [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/anthology-of-modern-indian-poetry-74751/chapters/3/index.md) - [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/anthology-of-modern-indian-poetry-74751/chapters/4/index.md) - [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/anthology-of-modern-indian-poetry-74751/chapters/5/index.md) - [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/anthology-of-modern-indian-poetry-74751/chapters/1/index.md) - [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/anthology-of-modern-indian-poetry-74751/chapters/6/index.md)