Writing India, 1757-1990 : the literature of British India / edited by Bart Moore-Gilbert.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Moore-Gilbert, B. J., 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indic literature (English)--History and criticism.

Indic literature (English).

Anglo-Indian literature--History and criticism.

Anglo-Indian literature.

Literature and society--India--History--18th century.

Literature and society.

English language.

Rhetoric.

Intellectual life.

History.

India--Intellectual life--18th century.

India.

English language--India--Rhetoric.

Discourse analysis.

Physical Description:

x, 271 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press : Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St Martin's Press, 1996.

Summary:

This volume provides an analytic survey of the literature produced as a consequence of the long history of Britain's rule in India. It stretches from the establishment of British hegemony in the 1750's to the achievement of Indian independence in the postcolonial era almost two centuries later. Writing India concludes with a chapter on Salman Rushdie in order to suggest the complex relation of continuity as well as conflict between colonial and postcolonial constructions of India.

ISBN:

0719042658

0719042666

OCLC:

32779686