In the following essay, Das considers Dutt's development of the sonnet form and its importance for Bengali lyric poetry.
In May of 1865 Michael Madhusudan Datta sent a sonnet on Dante to Vic...
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In the following excerpt, Ray discusses Dutt's status as an alienated Bengali writer and his influence on later writers of the region.
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In the following essay, Seely analyzes The Slaying of Meghanada, focusing on the portrayal of Ravana and comparing it with Milton's sympathetic portrayal of Satan in Paradise Lost.
Based on ...
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In the following essay, Chatterjee discusses Dutt's contributions to Bengali theater.
You see before you, as it were on a stage, two actors, the Anglo-Saxon and the Hindu—and believe ...
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In the following essay, Radice compares Dutt's The Slaying of Meghanada with John Milton's Paradise Lost.
Michael Madhusudan Datta (1824-73) was not as great a poet as John Milton. As...
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Critical Essay by Sisir Kumar Das
