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.
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.
Alexander Riddiford studied Classics and Sanskrit at Magdalen College, Oxford. Having left academia in 2009 to qualify as a barrister, he was awarded Inner Temple's top scholarships two years in a row before being called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2011.
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Preface Acknowledgements List of illustrations 1: Madhusudan: a classicizing oeuvre in context 2: The Padmabatï natak (1860) and the Judgement of Paris 3: The Meghnadbadh kabya (1861), Homer's Iliad, and Vergil's Aeneid 4: Further receptions of Vergil's Aeneid 5: The Bïrangana kabya (1862) and Ovid's Heroides 6: The Hektor-badh (1871) and Homer's Iliad Conclusion 'Above all Greek, above all Roman fame.' Appendix 1 Madhusuda' s New Testament examination Script (9th June 1847) Appendix 2 Editions of classical texts Appendix 3 Judgement scene in Padmabatï natak Appendix 4 Synopsis of the Padmabatï natak Appendix 5 Simhal-bijay kabya Appendix 6 Synopsis of the poems of the Bïrangana kabya Appendix 7 Sources of the Bïrangana kabya and the Heroides Appendix 8 Preface to the Hektor-badh Appendix 9 Madhusudan's Orientalist Indo-Europeanism Bibliography Index
Preface Acknowledgements List of illustrations 1: Madhusudan: a classicizing oeuvre in context 2: The Padmabatï natak (1860) and the Judgement of Paris 3: The Meghnadbadh kabya (1861), Homer's Iliad, and Vergil's Aeneid 4: Further receptions of Vergil's Aeneid 5: The Bïrangana kabya (1862) and Ovid's Heroides 6: The Hektor-badh (1871) and Homer's Iliad Conclusion 'Above all Greek, above all Roman fame.' Appendix 1 Madhusuda' s New Testament examination Script (9th June 1847) Appendix 2 Editions of classical texts Appendix 3 Judgement scene in Padmabatï natak Appendix 4 Synopsis of the Padmabatï natak Appendix 5 Simhal-bijay kabya Appendix 6 Synopsis of the poems of the Bïrangana kabya Appendix 7 Sources of the Bïrangana kabya and the Heroides Appendix 8 Preface to the Hektor-badh Appendix 9 Madhusudan's Orientalist Indo-Europeanism Bibliography Index
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