Madly after the muses Bengali poet Michael Madhusudan Datta and his reception of the Graeco-roman classics - Riddiford, Alexander (Oxford University Press, 2013)
Includes bibliographical references and index
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