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Paul Scott : The Raj quartet & Staying on / John Lennard.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lennard, John.
- Series:
- Humanities Insights
- Literature insights
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Scott, Paul, 1920-1978. Raj quartet.
- Scott, Paul.
- Scott, Paul, 1920-1978. Staying on.
- Scott, Paul, 1920-1978--Criticism and interpretation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (101 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Tirril [England] : Humanities-Ebooks, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A study of Scott's four great novels of British India - The Jewel in the Crown, The Day of the Scorpion, The Towers of Silence, A Division of the Spoils - and of the popular coda, Staying On.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Life and works : an overview
- pt. 2. Facts, fictions, and verisimilitude : representing the British Raj
- pt. 3. 'Coming to the end of themselves as they were' : witnessing imperial decay
- pt. 4. 'There's nothing I can do' : embodying personal nullity
- pt. 5. 'I've put it badly' : class and silence
- pt. 6. Dreams, nightmares, & Realpolitik : representing India (and Pakistan).
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-04047-2
- 9786612040474
- 1-84760-056-5
- OCLC:
- 923144741
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