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Publisher | HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS INDIA |
Publication Year | 2020 |
ISBN-13 | 978935357910 |
ISBN-10 | 978935357910 |
Binding | Paperback |
Edition | First |
Number of Pages | 136 Pages |
Language | (English) |
Weight (grms) | 788 |
Michael Madhusudan Dutt (1824-1872), a maverick who changed the scope of Bengali poetry in the nineteenth century, especially with his epic work in free verse, Meghnadhbadh Kabya, lived and died unsung. Throughout his life, Madhusudan was caught in an identity crisis: he wrote in the English language, converted to Christianity from Hinduism. A restless traveller, yearning to belong somewhere, he finally found his metier in his mother tongue, though his life never ceased to be turbulent. Betrayed by Hope, a play-script based on the letters Michael Madhusudan Dutt wrote to friends, well-wishers and patrons, paints the picture of an artist's inner landscape as he plunges headlong into crisis after crisis, even as his imagination and creativity reach new heights of excellenc
Namita Gokhale
,Malashri Lal
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS INDIA