Masks of Conquest : Literary Study and British Rule in India / / Gauri Viswanathan
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| Autore: |
Viswanathan Gauri
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| Titolo: |
Masks of Conquest : Literary Study and British Rule in India / / Gauri Viswanathan
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, NY : , : Columbia University Press, , [2014] |
| ©2014 | |
| Edizione: | Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 820.93254 |
| Soggetto topico: | English |
| Languages & Literatures | |
| English Literature | |
| Soggetto geografico: | India History British occupation, 1765-1947 |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 -- Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | A 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Masks of conquest |
| ISBN: | 0-231-53957-6 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910815798403321 |
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