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Colonial narratives/cultural dialogues : "discoveries" of India in the language of colonialism / Jyotsna G. Singh.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PR129.I5 S46 1996
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Singh, Jyotsna G., 1951-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Literature and anthropology--England--History--17th century.
- Literature and anthropology.
- Literature and anthropology--England--History--18th century.
- English literature--Appreciation--India.
- English literature--Indic influences.
- Imperialism in literature.
- Colonies in literature.
- Narration (Rhetoric).
- Renaissance--England.
- Renaissance.
- History.
- Historiography.
- English literature--Appreciation.
- England.
- India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947--Historiography.
- India.
- India--In literature.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 196 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.
- Summary:
- Breaking ground in post-colonial studies, "Colonial Narratives/Cultural Dialogues" explores the west's relationship to the history of British colonialism within the context of cultural studies. Jyotsna Singh highlights the interconnections between early modern colonial encounters, later manifestations in the Raj and their lingering influence in the postcolonial Indian state. She examines the assumptions implicit in representations of colonialism and questions the validity of eyewitness accounts and unmediated experiences. Singh combines official, formal narratives used in India and the unofficial, informal accounts of dissonant voices. Among the texts considered here are reviews of Shakespearean productions in colonial Calcutta and postcolonial, Indo-Anglian novels; seventeenth century travel narratives about India; eighteenth century "nabob" texts; letters of Sir William Jones, the Orientalist; and East India Company petitions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415085187
- 0415085195
- OCLC:
- 34356597
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