Alexander Riddiford
Biographic Data
| ID | 705512 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexander Riddiford |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexander |
| FAMILY NAME | Riddiford |
| SIGNATURE | RIDDIFORD A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
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 and reception of the Graeco-Roman classics in India
Madly After the Muses Classical Presences
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.
Conclusion: ‘Above all Greek, above all Roman Fame’1
The Conclusion brings together the most prominent themes from the previous chapters. Madhusudan’s reception of the Graeco-Roman classics turns consciously away from contemporary British canons of literary taste and back to the eighteenth-century British Augustans, especially Alexander Pope. This may be seen, in particular, in the Bengali poet’s surprising interest in Roman as well as Greek literature. Moreover, Madhusudan viewed the Sanskrit as w…
Chapter 4: The Valmiki of Europe: Homer Through Bengali Eyes
Journal Article CHAPTER 4: THE VALMIKI OF EUROPE: HOMER THROUGH BENGALI EYES Get access Alexander Riddiford Alexander Riddiford Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, Volume 53, Issue Supplement_108, June 2010, Pages 79–97, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-5370.2010.tb00029.x Published: 24 March 2015
Homer'sIliadand theMeghanādbadha Kābyaof Michael Madhusūdan Datta
The debt owed to Homer'sIliadby theMeghanādbadha Kābya(1861), Michael Madhusūdan Datta's Bengali epic and masterpiece, has long been recognized but has never been examined with any close or academically sensitive reference to the Greek poem. This study sets out to examine the use of the Homeric epic as a model for the Bengali poem, with particular regard to character correspondences, the figure of the simile and narrative structure. In addition t…
Homer'sIliadand theMeghanādbadha Kābyaof Michael Madhusūdan Datta
The debt owed to Homer'sIliadby theMeghanādbadha Kābya(1861), Michael Madhusūdan Datta's Bengali epic and masterpiece, has long been recognized but has never been examined with any close or academically sensitive reference to the Greek poem. This study sets out to examine the use of the Homeric epic as a model for the Bengali poem, with particular regard to character correspondences, the figure of the simile and narrative structure. In addition t…
Homer'sIliadand theMeghanādbadha Kābyaof Michael Madhusūdan Datta
The debt owed to Homer'sIliadby theMeghanādbadha Kābya(1861), Michael Madhusūdan Datta's Bengali epic and masterpiece, has long been recognized but has never been examined with any close or academically sensitive reference to the Greek poem. This study sets out to examine the use of the Homeric epic as a model for the Bengali poem, with particular regard to character correspondences, the figure of the simile and narrative structure. In addition t…
Chapter 4: The Valmiki of Europe: Homer Through Bengali Eyes
Journal Article CHAPTER 4: THE VALMIKI OF EUROPE: HOMER THROUGH BENGALI EYES Get access Alexander Riddiford Alexander Riddiford Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, Volume 53, Issue Supplement_108, June 2010, Pages 79–97, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-5370.2010.tb00029.x Published: 24 March 2015
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 and reception of the Graeco-Roman classics in India
Madly After the Muses Classical Presences
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.
Conclusion: ‘Above all Greek, above all Roman Fame’1
The Conclusion brings together the most prominent themes from the previous chapters. Madhusudan’s reception of the Graeco-Roman classics turns consciously away from contemporary British canons of literary taste and back to the eighteenth-century British Augustans, especially Alexander Pope. This may be seen, in particular, in the Bengali poet’s surprising interest in Roman as well as Greek literature. Moreover, Madhusudan viewed the Sanskrit as w…
Art (4 works) · Bengali (3 works) · Classics (3 works) · History (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Bengali drama (1 works) · Bengali Epic poetry (1 works)