Madly after the muses : Bengali poet Michael Madhusudan Datta and his reception of the Graeco-Roman classics / Alexander Riddiford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Riddiford, Alexander.

Series:

Classical Presences

Classical presences

Classical Presences Ser.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dutt, Michael Madhusudan, 1824-1873.

Dutt, Michael Madhusudan.

Poets, Bengali--Biography.

Poets, Bengali.

Classical literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (295 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

""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""

""G""""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Apr. 5, 2013).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-299-28075-7

0-19-162603-1

OCLC:

922971799