Layered homogeneities: Madhusudan Dutt and the dilemma of early Bengali theatre by Dhrupadi Chattopadhyay

“…This paper turns to the reception aesthetics of an oft forgotten play by Michael Madhusudan Dutt, the father of modern Bengali poetry, to explore the contentious relationship between Christianity and colonial modernity in nineteenth-century Bengal. …”
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Naxalgia and "Madhu Chakra" in Meghnadhbodh Rohoshya: by Shamsad Mortuza

“…The protagonist's defection serves as a parallel to the way the Bengali renaissance figure Michael Madhusudan Dutt left his religion, country and language for Europe and wrote in English. …”
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The Forgotten Playwright: Ramanarayan Tarkaratna by Nirban Nandy

“…Ramanarayan Tarkaratna (1822- 1886) was a predecessor of the great figure of Bangla as well as of Indian literature(s) Michael Madhusudan Dutt; though nearly forgotten at present, once Ramanarayan was an eminent and prominent personality of the Bangla theatrical space. …”
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Orientalist themes and English verse in nineteenth-century India by Chaudhuri, R, Chaudhuri, Rosinka

“…After an examination of the political, historical and social motivations that resulted in the birth of colonial poetry in India, the poets dealt with comprise Henry Louis Vivian Derozio (1809-31), the first Indian poet writing in English ; Kasiprasad Ghosh (1809-73), the first Bengali Hindu to write English verse; and Michael Madhusudan Dutt (1824-73), who converted to Christianity in the hope of reaching England and becoming a great 'English' poet. …”