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Author Dutt, Michael Madhusudan, 1824-1873.

Title The slaying of Meghanada : a Ramayana from colonial Bengal / Michael Madhusudan Datta ; translated with an introduction by Clinton B. Seely
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 270 pages)
Contents DRAMATIS PERSONAE; INTRODUCTION; THE SLAYING OF MEGHANADA; CANTO 1. Investiture; CANTO 2. Weapons Acquisition; CANTO 3. Reuniting; CANTO 4. Ashoka Grove; CANTO 5. Preparations; CANTO 6. The Slaying; CANTO 7. Felling with the Shakti Weapon; CANTO 8. City of the Spirits; CANTO 9. Funeral Rites; NOTES TO INTRODUCTION; GLOSSARY; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; U; V; Y
Summary Datte's deft intermingling of western and eastern literary traditions brought about a sea change in South Asian literature. His masterpiece is now accessible to readers of English in this translation, complete with introduction, notes and a glossary
Notes A retelling of an episode about the character Meghanāda from the Ramayana."
Translated from Bengali
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Translated from Bengali
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SUBJECT Meghanādabadha kābya -- Criticism, textual
Subject TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
Ramayana (anoniem)
Bengali.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Seely, Clinton B.
ISBN 9781435619296
1435619293
9780195167993
0195167996
Other Titles Meghanādabadha kābya. English