This book interrogates and historicises eighteenth-century British women writers' responses to India through the novel and travel writing to bring out the polyvalent space arising out of their complex negotiation with the colonial discourse. Though British women enjoyed their pr…
British women writers and India vis-à-vis the context of the Enlightenment -- "Enchanting quarter of the globe" : representation of India in Phebe Gibbes's Hartly House, Calcutta -- "A presumptuous effort" : representation of India in Translations of the letters of a Hindoo Raja…
"This book interrogates and historicises eighteenth-century British women writers' responses to India through the novel and travel writing, to bring out the polyvalent space arising out of their complex negotiation with the colonial discourse"--
This book interrogates and historicises eighteenth-century British women writers' responses to India through the novel and travel writing to bring out the polyvalent space arising out of their complex negotiation with the colonial discourse. Though British women enjoyed their pr…
Nation-Space in Enlightenment Britain: An Archaeology of Empire is a provocative intervention that extends the parameters of on-going dialogues about British identity during the Enlightenment. Drawing on literary, theatrical, artistic, and other cultural productions, this book d…
"Nation-Space in Enlightenment Britain: An Archaeology of Empire is a provocative intervention that extends the parameters of on-going dialogues about British identity during the Enlightenment. Drawing on literary, theatrical, artistic, and other cultural productions, this book …
"Nation-Space in Enlightenment Britain: An Archaeology of Empire is a provocative intervention that extends the parameters of on-going dialogues about British identity during the Enlightenment. Drawing on literary, theatrical, artistic, and other cultural productions, this book …
"Nation-Space in Enlightenment Britain: An Archaeology of Empire is a provocative intervention that extends the parameters of on-going dialogues about British identity during the Enlightenment. Drawing on literary, theatrical, artistic, and other cultural productions, this book …
1. 'The true-born Englishman' : the construction of a persona -- 2. The family instructor : one-sided dialogue -- 3. Robinson Crusoe : spoken by an other -- 4. Captain Singleton : incommensurable exchanges -- 5. Questionable identities : Moll Flanders and Roxana -- 6. Not imagin…