Empire of Analogies: Kipling, India and Ireland

by Kaori Nagai

Who is Kim? and Why is he Irish?--This book sheds light on this post-colonial riddle by placing it within a web of colonial analogies that existed to create the British Empire as a reality. It characterizes Empire as a discursive battleground in which conflicting and changing models of British hegemony coexisted and were constantly contested.

Starting from the analysis of the Irish characters in Kipling's Indian stories, this book shows that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1859184081
• ISBN13: 9781859184080
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Cork University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.3"