Civility and Empire: Literature and Culture in British India, 1821-1921 Contributor(s): Roy, Anindyo (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415304350 ISBN-13: 9780415304351 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2004 Annotation: This book addresses the idea of 'civility' as a manifestation of the fluidity and ambivalence of imperial power as reflected in British Colonial Literature and Culture. Discussions of Anglo-Indian Romances of 1880-1900, E. M. Forster's "The Life to Come "and Leonard Woolf's writings show how the appeal to civility had a significant effect on the constitution of colonial subject-hood and reveals 'civility' as an ideal trope for the ambivalence of imperial power itself. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Asian - Indic |
Dewey: 820.995 |
LCCN: 2004009296 |
Series: Postcolonial Literatures |
Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6.34" W x 9.5" (1.05 lbs) 224 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Indian |
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Publisher Description: This book addresses the idea of 'civility' as a manifestation of the fluidity and ambivalence of imperial power as reflected in British colonial literature and culture. Discussions of Anglo-Indian romances of 1880-1900, E.M. Forster's The Life to Come and Leonard Woolf's writings show how the appeal to civility had a significant effect on the constitution of colonial subject-hood and reveals 'civility' as an ideal trope for the ambivalence of imperial power itself. |