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Author Singh, Jyotsna G., 1951-

Title Colonial narratives/cultural dialogues : discoveries of India in the language of colonialism / Jyotsna G. Singh
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 1996

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 196 pages)
Contents Chapter Introduction -- chapter 1 Discoveries, encounters, spectacles: colonial beginnings -- chapter 2 The English nabobs: eighteenth-century Orientalism -- chapter 3 The gendering of empire -- chapter 4 Shakespeare and the "civilizing mission" -- chapter 5 The Blind Age: discovering a postcolonial nation
Summary Annotation Using Shakespeare as a case in point, this book shows how the study of English Literature was implicated in the ideology of the empires in colonies such as India. The author argues that these studies promote western culture
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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SUBJECT Englisch ... gnd
Subject English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
Literature and anthropology -- England -- History -- 17th century
Literature and anthropology -- England -- History -- 18th century
Anglo-Indian literature -- History and criticism
English literature -- Appreciation -- India
English literature -- Indic influences.
British -- India -- Intellectual life
Imperialism in literature.
Colonies in literature.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Renaissance -- England
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Anglo-Indian literature
British -- Intellectual life
Colonies in literature
English literature -- Appreciation
English literature -- Early modern
English literature -- Indic influences
Historiography
Imperialism in literature
Literature
Literature and anthropology
Narration (Rhetoric)
Renaissance
Geschichte
Indien Motiv
Kolonialismus Motiv
Literatur
Postkoloniale Literatur
Koloniale literatuur.
Engels.
Impérialisme -- Grande-Bretagne -- Colonies -- Histoire.
Impérialisme -- Dans la littérature.
Colonies -- Dans la littérature.
Littérature et anthropologie -- Angleterre (GB) -- Histoire.
Littérature anglaise -- 16e siècle -- Thèmes, motifs.
Littérature anglaise -- 17e siècle -- Thèmes, motifs.
Littérature anglaise -- 18e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
Littérature et anthropologie -- Angleterre (GB) -- 17e siècle.
Narration.
Renaissance -- Angleterre (GB)
SUBJECT India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947 -- Historiography
India -- In literature
Subject England
India
Indien
Inde -- Dans la littérature.
Englisch.
Indien (Motiv)
Genre/Form Electronic books
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0203359674
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