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Rahul Chandra Das Gupta
Born1976
OccupationPoet, medievalist scholar
NationalityBritish
EducationUniversity of York (PhD, 2014)
GenreAlliterative verse, Epic poetry
Notable worksThe Albion Tetralogy (2021)

Rahul Chandra Das Gupta (born 1976) is a British poet and medievalist scholar specializing in alliterative verse. He has been described as "the most accomplished practitioner of alliterative verse in Modern English since J.R.R. Tolkien"[1] and "the most fervent 'purist' revivalist" in contemporary alliterative poetry.[2]

Biography

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Gupta is of Hindu Indian and Anglo-Celtic descent. He completed his PhD at the University of York in 2014 with a dissertation titled "The Tale of the Tribe: The Twentieth-Century Alliterative Revival," examining the revival of Old English and Old Norse alliterative verse forms by Rudyard Kipling, Ezra Pound, and J.R.R. Tolkien.[3]

Academic career

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Gupta has taught at the University of York, including courses on English prosody and Tolkien studies.[4] His scholarship focuses on the technical reconstruction of alliterative meter based on Eduard Sievers' five-type system. He has presented at conferences including "David Jones: Dialogues With the Past" (York, 2016) and performed translations at the Theatre Royal during York Literature Festival (2019).[5]

Literary work

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The Albion Tetralogy

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Gupta's primary work is The Albion Tetralogy (originally published as Arthuriad: Synopsis & Excerpts, DragonSmoke Press, 2021), an epic poem written in Old English and Old Norse alliterative meters.[6] Tom Shippey described it as "the most accomplished, imaginative and technically-correct alliterative verse in Modern English since Tolkien." John Matthews called it "one of the truly great mythic works of our time," with additional endorsements from Professors Ronald Hutton and John Carey of University College Cork.[7]

Translations and other works

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Gupta has published translations and original works in multiple venues. His "Complete imitative verse-translation of the Old English 'Battle of Brunanburh'" appeared in Wiðowinde Issue 193 (Spring 2020).[8] He has also published alliterative verse translations on Academia.edu, including "The Battle of Brunanburh" (2022) and excerpts from The Albion Tetralogy such as "Winter Solstice" (2022) and "The Babooneries-section" (2022).[9][10]

Publications

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Books

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  • Arthuriad: Synopsis & Excerpts. DragonSmoke Press, 2021. ISBN 978-1678055103

Anthology contributions

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  • "Grim Goes Fishing" in Lincolnshire Folk Tales Reimagined. Ed. Anna Milon and Rory Waterman. Five Leaves Publishing, March 2025. ISBN 978-1915434289[11]
  • Contribution to Speculative Poetry and the Modern Alliterative Revival: A Critical Anthology. Ed. Dennis Wilson Wise. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, December 2024. ISBN 978-1683933298[12]
  • Contribution to Weird Fiction Quarterly: Folk Horror 2024. May 2024. ISBN 979-8324395704[13]
  • "Gleipnir, in dróttkvætt" in Illuminations of the Fantastic Issue 17: "Forgotten Ground Regained: The Poets of the Modern Alliterative Revival". 2025[14]

Journal publications

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  • "Katabasis from Arthurian Seasonal Interlude." The Brazen Head, January 8, 2021[15]
  • "An Arthurian Interlude in Alliterative Verse." Society of Classical Poets, April 4, 2020[16]
  • "The Illuminated Manuscript" (excerpt from The Arthuriad). Forgotten Ground Regained (ISSN 2996-6353)[17]
  • "Volung's Revenge." Forgotten Ground Regained[18]

Publications have also appeared in The Temenos Academy Review, Agenda, Acumen, Eborakon, Equinox, Molly Bloom, and Spectral Realms.[19]

Academic publications

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  • "'Old English Art': Being a Brief Introduction to Tolkien and 'Alliterative' Verse—'the Ancestral Measure of England'." Academia.edu, 2016[20]

Critical reception

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Dennis Wilson Wise of the University of Arizona has praised Gupta's "dense atmospheric descriptiveness" and "exhaustive mythological erudition."[21] Reviews of Speculative Poetry and the Modern Alliterative Revival identify Gupta as "the most fervent 'purist' revivalist" among contemporary practitioners, noting his engagement with Ted Hughes and Paul Douglas Deane in matters of Old English metrics.[22]

The website Forgotten Ground Regained notes that Gupta's works "follow alliterative meter in its strictest form."[23]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Tom Shippey, endorsement of Arthuriad: Synopsis & Excerpts, DragonSmoke Press, 2021
  2. ^ Daniel A. Rabuzzi, review of Speculative Poetry and the Modern Alliterative Revival, Strange Horizons, 2024
  3. ^ Gupta, Rahul (2014). 'The Tale of the Tribe': The Twentieth-Century Alliterative Revival (PhD). University of York.
  4. ^ "Rahul (Chandra Das) Gupta". LinkedIn. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
  5. ^ "Rahul Gupta". Academia.edu. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
  6. ^ Gupta, Rahul (2021). Arthuriad: Synopsis & Excerpts. DragonSmoke Press. ISBN 978-1678055103.
  7. ^ "Arthuriad Synopsis and Excerpts". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
  8. ^ Gupta, Rahul (2020). "Complete imitative verse-translation of the Old English 'Battle of Brunanburh'". Wiðowinde (193).
  9. ^ "Alliterative verse-translation from Old English: 'The Battle of Brunanburh'". Academia.edu. 2022. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
  10. ^ "Original alliterative verse epic in Old English metre revived in Modern English: Winter Solstice". Academia.edu. 2022. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
  11. ^ "Lincolnshire Folk Tales Reimagined". Five Leaves Publications. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
  12. ^ Wise, Dennis Wilson, ed. (2024). Speculative Poetry and the Modern Alliterative Revival: A Critical Anthology. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. ISBN 978-1683933298.
  13. ^ Weird Fiction Quarterly: Folk Horror 2024. Independent. 2024. ISBN 979-8324395704.
  14. ^ "Forgotten Ground Regained". Illuminations of the Fantastic. 2025. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
  15. ^ "Seasonal Interlude for an Arthurian epic: from Autumn". The Brazen Head. 2021-01-08. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
  16. ^ "An Arthurian Interlude in Alliterative Verse". Society of Classical Poets. 2020-04-04. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
  17. ^ "Forgotten Ground Regained". Alliteration.net. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
  18. ^ "Current Issue". Alliteration.net. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
  19. ^ "Rahul Gupta". The Brazen Head. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
  20. ^ "'Old English Art': Being a Brief Introduction to Tolkien and 'Alliterative' Verse". Academia.edu. 2016. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
  21. ^ Wise, Dennis Wilson. "Curriculum Vita". Dennis Wilson Wise. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
  22. ^ Rabuzzi, Daniel A. (2024). "Speculative Poetry and the Modern Alliterative Revival: A Critical Anthology". Strange Horizons. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
  23. ^ "Index of Authors and Poems". Alliteration.net. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
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