Kipling and Orientalism (Routledge Revivals)
€ 273,90
Informação do Produto
| ISBN | 9781138799165 |
|---|---|
| Autores | B. J. Moore-Gilbert |
| Editora | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Formato | Capa dura |
| Número de páginas | 240 |
| Peso (kg) | 0,398 |
| Data de Publicação | 07/05/2014 |
| Preço (iva excl.) | € 258,40 |
| Imposto | € 15,50 |
| Preço (iva inc.) | € 273,90 |
| Disponibilidade | 2 unidades em armazém externo |
Descrição do Produto
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.