LEADER 02686nam 22006015 450 001 9910787010703321 005 20210429030144.0 010 $a0-231-53957-6 024 7 $a10.7312/visw17169 035 $a(CKB)3710000000267976 035 $a(EBL)1830701 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001455511 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11903324 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001455511 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11392673 035 $a(PQKB)10241346 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001171078 035 $a(DE-B1597)458537 035 $a(OCoLC)979739588 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231539579 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1985499 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000267976 100 $a20190708d2014 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|nu---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMasks of Conquest $eLiterary Study and British Rule in India /$fGauri Viswanathan 205 $aTwenty-fifth Anniversary Edition 210 1$aNew York, NY :$cColumbia University Press,$d[2014] 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (241 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-17169-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface to the Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$t1. The Beginnings of English Literary Study --$t2. Praeparatio Evangelica --$t3. "One Power, One Mind" --$t4. Rewriting English --$t5. Lessons of History --$t6. The Failure of English --$t7. Conclusion: Empire and the Western Canon --$tNotes --$tSelect bibliography --$tIndex 330 $aA 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. 606 $aEnglish 606 $aLanguages & Literatures 606 $aEnglish Literature 607 $aIndia$xHistory$yBritish occupation, 1765-1947 615 $aEnglish 615 $aLanguages & Literatures 615 $aEnglish Literature 676 $a820.93254 700 $aViswanathan$b Gauri$0532288 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787010703321 996 $aMasks of conquest$9900843 997 $aUNINA