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Eastern figures : Orient and empire in British writing / Douglas Kerr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kerr, Douglas.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- English literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- Imperialism in literature.
- Orient--In literature.
- Orient.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (265 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Eastern Figures is a literary history with a difference. It examines British writing about the East -- centred on India but radiating as far as Egypt and the Pacific -- in the colonial and postcolonial period.
- Contents:
- Cover; Eastern Figures - Orient and Empire in British Writing; Copyright; Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Hinterland; 3. Conversions and Reversions; 4. Crowds; 5. Nature and Some Naturalists; 6. Contacts and Transgressions; 7. Travellers to War; 8. Figures of Rule; 9. Not Knowing the Oriental; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-251) and index.
- ISBN:
- 988-220-689-1
- 1-282-70885-6
- 9786612708855
- 988-8052-23-3
- OCLC:
- 650604354
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