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'''Amlan Das Gupta''' is Professor of English, [[Jadavpur University]], [[Kolkata]].<ref>[http://www.jaduniv.edu.in/profile.php?uid=140 Amlan Das Gupta]. Jadavpur University.</ref> He is a noted [[scholarly method|scholar]] of Classical and Biblical Studies, English Renaissance literature and an authority on Miltonic studies in India having numerous publications to his credit. |
'''Amlan Das Gupta''' is former Professor of English, [[Jadavpur University]], [[Kolkata]].<ref>[http://www.jaduniv.edu.in/profile.php?uid=140 Amlan Das Gupta]. Jadavpur University.</ref> He is a noted [[scholarly method|scholar]] of Classical and Biblical Studies, English Renaissance literature and an authority on Miltonic studies in India having numerous publications to his credit. |
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He earned his B.A.(Hons.) from [[Presidency College, Kolkata|Presidency College]] of the [[University of Calcutta]] and went on to pursue the M.A. at Jadavpur University. He received an M. Phil. from [[Oxford University]] and did his Ph.D. from Jadavpur University. After teaching at [[Scottish Church College]] and the [[University of Calcutta]],<ref name=Teaching_Staff>''Teaching Staff: English'' in ''175th Year Commemoration Volume''. Scottish Church College, April 2008. page 573</ref> he joined the faculty of Jadavpur University. |
He earned his B.A.(Hons.) from [[Presidency College, Kolkata|Presidency College]] of the [[University of Calcutta]] and went on to pursue the M.A. at Jadavpur University. He received an M. Phil. from [[Oxford University]] and did his Ph.D. from Jadavpur University. After teaching at [[Scottish Church College]] and the [[University of Calcutta]],<ref name=Teaching_Staff>''Teaching Staff: English'' in ''175th Year Commemoration Volume''. Scottish Church College, April 2008. page 573</ref> he joined the faculty of Jadavpur University. |
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He taught courses ranging from Classical and Arthurian Studies to Pre-Modern and Modern Literature. He learnt Latin and Greek from Raymond Pilette, [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] father of [[St. Xavier's College, Calcutta|St Xavier's College]], Calcutta. He gave lessons in these languages to interested students outside the university curriculum. |
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He built an [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kolkata-India/Archive-of-North-Indian-Classical-JU/292780654066?v=wall&ref=ts archive] of [[North Indian classical music]] at the [http://www.jaduniv.edu.in/view_department.php?deptid=135 School of Cultural Texts and Records] at [[Jadavpur University]]. He also offered a course on the history of North Indian Classical Music. |
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Amlan Das Gupta | |
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 Amlan Das Gupta in Bangalore. | |
| Born | Kolkata |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Notable works | Renaissance Texts and Contexts |
Amlan Das Gupta is former Professor of English, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.[1] He is a noted scholar of Classical and Biblical Studies, English Renaissance literature and an authority on Miltonic studies in India having numerous publications to his credit.
He earned his B.A.(Hons.) from Presidency College of the University of Calcutta and went on to pursue the M.A. at Jadavpur University. He received an M. Phil. from Oxford University and did his Ph.D. from Jadavpur University. After teaching at Scottish Church College and the University of Calcutta,[2] he joined the faculty of Jadavpur University.
He taught courses ranging from Classical and Arthurian Studies to Pre-Modern and Modern Literature. He learnt Latin and Greek from Raymond Pilette, Jesuit father of St Xavier's College, Calcutta. He gave lessons in these languages to interested students outside the university curriculum.
He built an archive of North Indian classical music at the School of Cultural Texts and Records at Jadavpur University. He also offered a course on the history of North Indian Classical Music.
Publications
Books
Jishu (Kolkata: Papyrus, 1997);
My Life: Khansaheb Alladiya Khan (translated with critical introduction, with Urmila Bhirdikar) (Kolkata: Thema, 2000).;[3]
Mosquito and Other Stories: Ghana-da's Tall Tales (a translation of the Ghonada stories of Premendra Mitra) (New Delhi: Penguin, 2004);[4]
editions of Shakespeare's Measure for Measure (New Delhi: Macmillan, 2004)[5]
and Aristotle's Poetics (New Delhi: Longman, 2006).[6]
He is the editor of Renaissance Texts and Contexts (New Delhi: Macmillan, 2003)
and Music and Modernity: North Indian Classical Music in an Age of Mechanical Reproduction (Kolkata: Thema, 2007).
Articles
Musical Contests: Reflections on Musical Values in Popular Film
Augustine on Memory: A Note on Confessions 10.8-37
North Indian Classical Music in the 'Long' 1940s
Tragedy and the irrelevant: A Note on Hamlet
The Miltonic Dissimile: Language and Style in Paradise Lost, Book 4
References
- ^ Amlan Das Gupta. Jadavpur University.
- ^ Teaching Staff: English in 175th Year Commemoration Volume. Scottish Church College, April 2008. page 573
- ^ Thema : Culture Studies/ Performance/Media/Film 2 Archived 9 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 9 June 2007.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ ::.. Orient Longman Pvt. Ltd. ..:: Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 9 June 2007.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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