Making British Indian Fictions: 1772-1823

by Ashok Malhotra

This book examines fictional representations of India in novels, plays and poetry produced between the years 1772 to 1823 as historical source material. It uses literary texts as case studies to investigate how Britons residing both in the metropole and in India justified, confronted and imagined the colonial encounter during this period. The study will situate the texts in relation to the shifting colonial context and to the changing attitudes towards...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230111262
• ISBN13: 9780230111264
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 277 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"