| Description |
1 online resource (241 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge Revivals |
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Routledge revivals.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page ; Original Copyright Page ; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Kipling's Contexts; Chapter 2: ""Gorgeous East"" Versus ""Land of Regrets""; Chapter 3: A Sense of Insecurity; Chapter 4: Strategic Conflicts within ""Orientalism""; Chapter 5: The Problem of Solidarity; Chapter 6: ""Orientalism"" and Narrative; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936 -- Knowledge -- India
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| SUBJECT |
Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936 fast |
| Subject |
English literature -- Asian influences.
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Orientalism.
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East and West in literature.
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Exoticism in literature.
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Orientalism.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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East and West in literature
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English literature -- Asian influences
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Exoticism in literature
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Literature
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Orientalism
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Asia -- Foreign public opinion, Occidental
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Middle East -- In literature
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India -- In literature
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| Subject |
Asia
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India
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Middle East
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317629382 |
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1317629388 |
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