The Slaying of Meghanada: A Ramayana from Colonial Bengal

by Michael Madhusudan Dutt, William Radice, Clinton B. Seely

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"The poem is rising into splendid popularity. Some say it is better than Milton-but that is all bosh-nothing can be better than Milton; many say it licks Kalidasa; I have no objection to that. I don't think it impossible to equal Virgil, Kalidasa, and Tasso." Michael Madhusudan Datta wrote this in a letter to a friend about his verse narrative, The Slaying of Meghanada (1861). The epic, a Bengali version of the Ramayana story in which Ravana, not...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0195167996

ISBN13:9780195167993

Release Date:March 2004

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:288 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.6" x 9.5"

Related Subjects

Ancient & Classical Literature Asian Criticism & Theory Education & Reference Greek Hinduism History & Criticism Inspirational & Religious Poetry Religion & Spirituality

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