02686nam 22006015 450 991078701070332120210429030144.00-231-53957-610.7312/visw17169(CKB)3710000000267976(EBL)1830701(SSID)ssj0001455511(PQKBManifestationID)11903324(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001455511(PQKBWorkID)11392673(PQKB)10241346(StDuBDS)EDZ0001171078(DE-B1597)458537(OCoLC)979739588(DE-B1597)9780231539579(MiAaPQ)EBC1985499(EXLCZ)99371000000026797620190708d2014 fg 0engur|nu---|u||utxtccrMasks of Conquest Literary Study and British Rule in India /Gauri ViswanathanTwenty-fifth Anniversary EditionNew York, NY :Columbia University Press,[2014]©20141 online resource (241 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-231-17169-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Preface to the Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition --Acknowledgments --Introduction --1. The Beginnings of English Literary Study --2. Praeparatio Evangelica --3. "One Power, One Mind" --4. Rewriting English --5. Lessons of History --6. The Failure of English --7. Conclusion: Empire and the Western Canon --Notes --Select bibliography --IndexA classic work in postcolonial studies, Masks of Conquest describes the introduction of English studies in India under British rule and illuminates the discipline's transcontinental movements and derivations, showing that the origins of English studies are as diverse and diffuse as its future shape. In her new preface, Gauri Viswanathan argues forcefully that the curricular study of English can no longer be understood innocently of or inattentively to the imperial contexts in which the discipline first articulated its mission.EnglishLanguages & LiteraturesEnglish LiteratureIndiaHistoryBritish occupation, 1765-1947EnglishLanguages & LiteraturesEnglish Literature820.93254Viswanathan Gauri532288DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910787010703321Masks of conquest900843UNINA