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Kipling and "Orientalis"m
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- Book Synopsis
- 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 the 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.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781138799165
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Routledge, (07 May 2014)
- Number of Pages
- 228
- Weight
- 400 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 216 x 138 x 14 mm
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