{"product_id":"maligned-maverick-nandan-dasgupta-9789358524437","title":"Maligned Maverick: Michael Madhusudan Datta: Life, Letters and Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe playwright and poet, Michael Madhusudan Datta is easily one of the most important and controversial literary figures of nineteenth-century South Asia-characterized by radical socio cultural transformation. Despite countless discussions by commentators and biographers he remains an enigma among the literary giants who straddled nineteenth-century Bengal. By demystifying Datta's conversion to Christianity and by debunking myths of disinheritance, the alleged 'desertion' of his wife, misogyny, womanizing, alcoholism, and British sycophancy, Maligned Maverick re-examines the life and work of the pioneer of modern Bangla literature. This book delves into unexplored areas of his writings and quotes profusely from poems, plays, letters and articles, including Michael's journalistic writings and his best-known controversial English prose piece The Anglo-Saxon and the Hindu, providing new insights into the mind of the maverick genius.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nandan Dasgupta\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 935852443X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789358524437\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Primus Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/18\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.00d","brand":"Nandan Dasgupta","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45934143209727,"sku":"9789358524437","price":64.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_95832cd6-5e16-4527-9784-7448028522e7.jpg?v=1721790447","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/maligned-maverick-nandan-dasgupta-9789358524437","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}