Making British Indian Fictions 1772-1823
Description
This book examines fictional representations of India in novels, plays and poetry produced between the years 1772 to 1823 as historical source material. It uses literary texts as case studies to investigate how Britons residing both in the metropole and in India justified, confronted and imagined the colonial encounter during this period.
Keywords
HistoryEuropeGreat BritainLiterary CriticismAsiaSocial HistoryModernPolitical ScienceColonialism & Post-Colonialism
2012Book
Author(s)Ashok Malhotra
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US
ISBN9780230111264
LanguageEnglish
