Anxieties of Empire and the fiction of intrigue [[electronic resource] /] / Yumna Siddiqi |
Autore | Siddiqi Yumna |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Columbia University Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (303 p.) |
Disciplina | 823/.809358 |
Soggetto topico |
English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism
English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism English fiction - South Asian authors - History and criticism Intrigue in literature Espionage in literature Literature and society - Great Britain - History - 19th century Literature and society - Great Britain - History - 20th century Imperialism in literature Postcolonialism in literature Anxiety in literature |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-231-51086-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Colonial Anxieties and the Fiction of Intrigue -- 2. Imperial Intrigue in an English Country House -- 3. Sherlock Holmes and "the Cesspool of Empire" -- 4. The Fiction of Counterinsurgency -- 5. Intermezzo -- 6. Police and Postcolonial Rationality in Amitav Ghosh's The Circle of Reason -- 7. "Deep in Blood" -- 8. "The Unhistorical Dead" -- Conclusion "Power Smashes Into Private Lives" -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454873803321 |
Siddiqi Yumna | ||
New York, : Columbia University Press, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Anxieties of Empire and the fiction of intrigue [[electronic resource] /] / Yumna Siddiqi |
Autore | Siddiqi Yumna |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Columbia University Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (303 p.) |
Disciplina | 823/.809358 |
Soggetto topico |
English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism
English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism English fiction - South Asian authors - History and criticism Intrigue in literature Espionage in literature Literature and society - Great Britain - History - 19th century Literature and society - Great Britain - History - 20th century Imperialism in literature Postcolonialism in literature Anxiety in literature |
ISBN | 0-231-51086-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Colonial Anxieties and the Fiction of Intrigue -- 2. Imperial Intrigue in an English Country House -- 3. Sherlock Holmes and "the Cesspool of Empire" -- 4. The Fiction of Counterinsurgency -- 5. Intermezzo -- 6. Police and Postcolonial Rationality in Amitav Ghosh's The Circle of Reason -- 7. "Deep in Blood" -- 8. "The Unhistorical Dead" -- Conclusion "Power Smashes Into Private Lives" -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777921503321 |
Siddiqi Yumna | ||
New York, : Columbia University Press, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Anxieties of Empire and the fiction of intrigue / / Yumna Siddiqi |
Autore | Siddiqi Yumna |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Columbia University Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (303 p.) |
Disciplina | 823/.809358 |
Soggetto topico |
English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism
English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism English fiction - South Asian authors - History and criticism Intrigue in literature Espionage in literature Literature and society - Great Britain - History - 19th century Literature and society - Great Britain - History - 20th century Imperialism in literature Postcolonialism in literature Anxiety in literature |
ISBN | 0-231-51086-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Colonial Anxieties and the Fiction of Intrigue -- 2. Imperial Intrigue in an English Country House -- 3. Sherlock Holmes and "the Cesspool of Empire" -- 4. The Fiction of Counterinsurgency -- 5. Intermezzo -- 6. Police and Postcolonial Rationality in Amitav Ghosh's The Circle of Reason -- 7. "Deep in Blood" -- 8. "The Unhistorical Dead" -- Conclusion "Power Smashes Into Private Lives" -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820032803321 |
Siddiqi Yumna | ||
New York, : Columbia University Press, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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