Eastern figures : Orient and empire in British writing /
This title is a literary history with a difference. It examines British writing about the East centered on India but radiating as far as Egypt and the Pacific in a colonial and postcolonial period.
| Основен автор: | Kerr, Douglas. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Hong Kong :
Hong Kong University Press,
℗♭2008.
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http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=322044 |
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HKU Press digital editions. Print version:: Eastern figures. |
Съдържание:
- Cover; Eastern Figures
- Orient and Empire in British Writing; Copyright; Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Hinterland; 3. Conversions and Reversions; 4. Crowds; 5. Nature and Some Naturalists; 6. Contacts and Transgressions; 7. Travellers to War; 8. Figures of Rule; 9. Not Knowing the Oriental; Bibliography; Index.