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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Riddiford, Alexander
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2013.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Classical presences.
Temas:
Dutt, Michael Madhusudan, > 1824-1873.
Dutt, Michael Madhusudan, > 1824-1873
1800-1899
Poets, Bengali > 19th century > Biography.
Poètes bengali > 19e siècle > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
Poets, Bengali
Electronic books.
Biographies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Note on the Transliteration of Bengali and Sanskrit into Roman Script""; ""1. Madhusudan: a Classicizing Oeuvre in Context""; ""2. The The PadmÄ?batÄ« nÄ?tak (1860) and the Judgement of Paris""; ""3. The MeghnÄ?dbadh kÄ?bya (1861), Homerâ€?s Iliad, and Vergilâ€?s Aeneid""; ""4. Further Receptions of Vergilâ€?s Aeneid""; ""5. The BÄ«rÄ?nganÄ? kÄ?bya (1862) and Ovidâ€?s Heroides""; ""6. The Hektor-badh (1871) and Homerâ€?s Iliad""; ""Conclusion: â€?Above all Greek, above all Roman Fameâ€?""
  • ""Appendix 1 Madhusudanâ€?s New Testament examination Script (9 June 1847)""""Appendix 2 Editions of Classical Texts Possibly Encountered By Madhusudan""; ""Appendix 3 Judgement Scene in PadmÄ?batÄ« nÄ?tak""; ""Appendix 4 Synopsis of the PadmÄ?batÄ« nÄ?tak""; ""Appendix 5 Simhal-bijay kabya""; ""Appendix 6 Synopsis of the Poems of the BÄ«rÄ?nganÄ? kÄ?bya""; ""Appendix 7 Sources Of The BÄ«rÄ?nganÄ? kÄ?bya And The Heroides""; ""Appendix 8 Preface to the Hektor-badh""; ""Appendix 9 Madhusudanâ€?s Orientalist Indo-Europeanism""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""
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