%0 Journal Article %T THE '3'ISMS IN RABINDRANATH TAGORE'S SHORT STORY'THE HUNGRY STONES' %A P.SATYANARAYANA %J Golden Research Thoughts %D 2013 %I Laxmi Book Publication %R 10.9780/22315063 %X Rabindranath Tagore's longest short story is ¡°The Hungry Stones¡±. It is a blendof 'Three isms'-Lyricism, Realism and Supernaturalism. A solitary marble palace builtby Emperor Mahmud Shah II for his pleasure and luxury about 250 years ago is thebackground of the story. The atmosphere in the palace is full of ¡°unrequited passions¡±and ¡°lurid flames of wild blazing pleasure¡± which raged within that palace centuriesago. Even today, the curse of all the heart-aches and blasted hopes had made its everystone thirsty and hungry, eager to swallow up a living flesh. Thus it is called the story of¡°The Hungry Stones¡±. %K Persian beauty %K horseback %K a loud pearl of merry laughter %K artistic and heart-aches. %U http://www.aygrt.isrj.net/UploadedData/2235.pdf