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Author:   Alexander Riddiford (Barrister of the Inner Temple, England)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.30cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 22.30cm
Weight:   0.500kg
ISBN:  

9780199699735

ISBN 10:   0199699739
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   14 March 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

PREFACE ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ; 1. Madhusudan: a classicizing oeuvre in context ; 2. The Padmabati 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 Birangana 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 Padmabati natak ; APPENDIX 4 ; Synopsis of the Padmabati natak ; APPENDIX 5 ; Simhal-bijay kabya ; APPENDIX 6 ; Synopsis of the poems of the Birangana kabya ; APPENDIX 7 ; Sources of the Birangana kabya and the Heroides ; APPENDIX 8 ; Preface to the Hektor-badh ; APPENDIX 9 ; Madhusudan's Orientalist Indo-Europeanism ; BIBLIOGRAPHY ; INDEX

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Over the course of his series of close readings, Riddiford builds up a compelling argument to substantiate his initial thesis, and will have convinced most of his readers of its plausibility by the time they reach his 'Conclusion'. * Helge Nowak, Gnomon * Madhusudan Datta is revealed in his work as a hybrid of cultural identity, as Riddiford skilfully brings home to the reader ... Madly after the Muses is definitely recommended for those who are interested in the history of colonialism, particularly British colonialism, but above all to those who are engaged in what is broadly understood as the Reception of Antiquity. Riddiford has succeeded superbly in doing justice to the approach to his work as proposed in the Introduction. * Matylda Obryk, Bryn Mawr Classical Review * Alexander Riddifords book ... is unique ... it shows us, in great detail and with great care and precision, the exact extent of Madhusudans investment in the western classics and how they informed his thinking and his work. * Rosinka Chaudhuri, The Book Review *

Alexander Riddifords book ... is unique ... it shows us, in great detail and with great care and precision, the exact extent of Madhusudans investment in the western classics and how they informed his thinking and his work. Rosinka Chaudhuri, The Book Review

Alexander Riddifords book ... is unique ... it shows us, in great detail and with great care and precision, the exact extent of Madhusudans investment in the western classics and how they informed his thinking and his work. Rosinka Chaudhuri, The Book Review Madhusudan Datta is revealed in his work as a hybrid of cultural identity, as Riddiford skilfully brings home to the reader ... Madly after the Muses is definitely recommended for those who are interested in the history of colonialism, particularly British colonialism, but above all to those who are engaged in what is broadly understood as the Reception of Antiquity. Riddiford has succeeded superbly in doing justice to the approach to his work as proposed in the Introduction. Matylda Obryk, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

Author Information

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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