Madly after the muses : Bengali poet Michael Madhusudan Datta and his reception of the Graeco-roman classics /
This volume examines the use of Graeco-Roman samplings in the Bengali works of Michael Madhusudan Datta (1824-1873). Riddiford introduces new texts and contexts to the fields of classical reception and postcolonial scholarship, offering a surprising early chapter in the story of the dissemination an...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
©2013.
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Edición: | 1st ed. |
Colección: | Classical presences.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This volume examines the use of Graeco-Roman samplings in the Bengali works of Michael Madhusudan Datta (1824-1873). Riddiford introduces new texts and contexts to the fields of classical reception and postcolonial scholarship, offering a surprising early chapter in the story of the dissemination and reception of the Graeco-Roman classics in India. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xix, 274 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780191626036 0191626031 9781299280755 1299280757 9780191745447 0191745448 |