| Images of India in British Fiction: Anglo-India vs. the Metropolis Contributor(s): Horstmann, Sebastian (Author) |
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ISBN: 3631673663 ISBN-13: 9783631673669 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $103.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | English As A Second Language - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 823.809 |
| LCCN: 2015049776 |
| Series: Europaeische Hochschulschriften / European University Studie |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.99 lbs) 374 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book investigates how India was portrayed in British novels and short stories during the heyday of the British Raj. In the tradition of post-colonial studies such as Edward Said's Orientalism, it will be considered in how far fiction by Rudyard Kipling and other writers supported the institution of the Raj by establishing and spreading certain ideas about the Indian sub-continent and the Indian people. In addition, Said's claims concerning the consistency of what he labels Orientalist discourse will be challenged to a certain degree, as British authors who lived in India are more likely to present an image of the country that is at least partly more detailed and nuanced than portrayals of the Indian scene created by writers who never saw the sub-continent. |