UID:
almahu_9949385361502882
Format:
1 online resource (xii, 196 pages).
ISBN:
9781000460155
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1000460150
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9781003152125
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1003152120
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9781000460162
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1000460169
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in eighteenth-century literature
Content:
This book interrogates and historicises eighteenth-century British women writers' responses to India through the novel and travel writing to bring out the polyvalent space arising out of their complex negotiation with the colonial discourse. Though British women enjoyed their privileged racial status as the utilisers of colonial riches, they articulated their voice of dissent when they faced the politics of subordination in their own society and identified them with the marginalised status of the colonised Indians. This brings out the complicity and critique of the colonial discourse of British women writers and foregrounds their ambivalent responses to the colonial project. This book provides detailed textual analysis of the works of Phebe Gibbes, Elizabeth Hamilton, Lady Morgan, Jemima Kindersley and Eliza Fay through critical insights from the idea of the Enlightenment, postcolonial theory and feminist thought. It also foregrounds new perspectives to colonial discourse vis--vis the representation of India by locating the dialogic strain within the British narratives about India.
Note:
Originally presented as the author's dissertation (doctoral)--Visva-Bharati University, 2019.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781000460162
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 0367714582
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780367714581
Language:
English
Keywords:
Literary criticism.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Literary criticism.
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Critiques littéraires.
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Hochschulschrift
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Hochschulschrift
DOI:
10.4324/9781003152125
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003152125
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