Kipling and Orientalism (Routledge Revivals) Contributor(s): Moore-Gilbert, B. J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138799211 ISBN-13: 9781138799219 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $49.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Asian - Chinese - Literary Collections |
Dewey: 823.8 |
Physical Information: 0.51" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.63 lbs) 240 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: First published in 1986, this book sets Kipling firmly in the historical context not only of contemporary India but of prior Anglo-Indian writers about India. Despite his enthusiastic reception in England as 'revealer of the East', in India he seems to have been regarded as just one more Anglo-Indian writer. The author demonstrates the traditionalism of Kipling's use of the themes of Anglo-Indian fiction - themes such as the 'White Man's grave', domestic instability, frustration and loneliness. In particular, Kipling is shown to be writing in a strongly conservative idiom, concentrating on the role of the British hierarchy as the determining factor in a response to India, on British insecurity and fears of a repeat of 1857 mutiny, and regarding Indian institutions only in so far as they represented a threat to British rule. Conservative critiques of liberalism are also discussed. |