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Narrating cultural encounter : representations of India in select Enlightenment women writers / Arnab Chatterjee
VerfasserChatterjee, Arnab
ErschienenNew York ; London : Routledge, 2022
Umfangxii, 196 Seiten
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Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 177-187
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Routledge studies in eighteenth-century literature
SchlagwörterEnglish prose literature / 18th century / History and criticism / English literature / Women authors / History and criticism / Travelers' writings, English / India / History and criticism / Colonies in literature / Enlightenment / Literary criticism / India / In literature
ISBN978-0-367-71458-1
ISBN978-1-03-211200-8
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Zusammenfassung
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 Rajah -- "My Indian venture" : representation of India in Lady Morgan's The Missionary: an Indian tale -- Mapping the gaze of the British women travellers : representation of India in Jemima Kindersley and Eliza Fay.
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"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"--