Civility and Empire
Literature and Culture in British India, 1821-1921
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Asian, South & Southeast Asian, British
| Author: | Anindyo Roy | ISBN: | 9781134408344 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | November 10, 2004 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Anindyo Roy |
| ISBN: | 9781134408344 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | November 10, 2004 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
This book addresses the idea of 'civility' as a manifestation of the fluidity and ambivalence of imperial power as reflected in British colonial literature and culture. Discussions of Anglo-Indian romances of 1880-1900, E.M. Forster's The Life to Come and Leonard Woolf's writings show how the appeal to civility had a significant effect on the constitution of colonial subject-hood and reveals 'civility' as an ideal trope for the ambivalence of imperial power itself.
This book addresses the idea of 'civility' as a manifestation of the fluidity and ambivalence of imperial power as reflected in British colonial literature and culture. Discussions of Anglo-Indian romances of 1880-1900, E.M. Forster's The Life to Come and Leonard Woolf's writings show how the appeal to civility had a significant effect on the constitution of colonial subject-hood and reveals 'civility' as an ideal trope for the ambivalence of imperial power itself.
