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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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2013, 2013
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Series: | Classical presences / Classical presences
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Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
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 |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource ill |
ISBN: | 9780191745447 |