LEADER 03552nam 2200637 a 450 001 996199792603316 005 20230803023648.0 010 $a1-299-28075-7 010 $a0-19-162603-1 035 $a(CKB)2560000000099364 035 $a(EBL)3055115 035 $a(OCoLC)922971799 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001035669 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11628564 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001035669 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11032804 035 $a(PQKB)11250569 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000125201 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3055115 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7034515 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7034515 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000099364 100 $a20130311d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMadly after the muses$b[electronic resource] $eBengali poet Michael Madhusudan Datta and his reception of the Graeco-Roman classics /$fAlexander Riddiford 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aOxford $cOxford University Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (295 p.) 225 1 $aClassical Presences 225 0$aClassical presences 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-174544-8 311 $a0-19-969973-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""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 PadmA??batA?« nA??tak (1860) and the Judgement of Paris""; ""3. The MeghnA??dbadh kA??bya (1861), Homera???s Iliad, and Vergila???s Aeneid""; ""4. Further Receptions of Vergila???s Aeneid""; ""5. The BA?«rA??nganA?? kA??bya (1862) and Ovida???s Heroides""; ""6. The Hektor-badh (1871) and Homera???s Iliad""; ""Conclusion: a???Above all Greek, above all Roman Famea???"" 327 $a""Appendix 1 Madhusudana???s New Testament examination Script (9 June 1847)""""Appendix 2 Editions of Classical Texts Possibly Encountered By Madhusudan""; ""Appendix 3 Judgement Scene in PadmA??batA?« nA??tak""; ""Appendix 4 Synopsis of the PadmA??batA?« nA??tak""; ""Appendix 5 Simhal-bijay kabya""; ""Appendix 6 Synopsis of the Poems of the BA?«rA??nganA?? kA??bya""; ""Appendix 7 Sources Of The BA?«rA??nganA?? kA??bya And The Heroides""; ""Appendix 8 Preface to the Hektor-badh""; ""Appendix 9 Madhusudana???s Orientalist Indo-Europeanism""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E"" 327 $a""G""""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y"" 330 8 $aThis volume examines the use of Graeco-Roman samplings in the Bengali works of Michael Madhusudan Datta (1824-1873). Riddiford introduces new texts and contexts to the fields of classical reception and postcolonial scholarship, offering a surprising early chapter in the story of the dissemination and reception of the Graeco-Roman classics in India. 410 0$aClassical Presences 606 $aPoets, Bengali$vBiography 606 $aClassical literature 615 0$aPoets, Bengali 615 0$aClassical literature. 676 $a891.4414 700 $aRiddiford$b Alexander$01000860 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996199792603316 996 $aMadly after the muses$92297374 997 $aUNISA