Madly After the Muses
Author | : Alexander Riddiford |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 295 |
Release | : 2013-03-14 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780199699735 |
ISBN-13 | : 0199699739 |
Rating | : 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Download or read book Madly After the Muses written by Alexander Riddiford and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.