The Indian mutiny and the British imagination
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Gautam Chakravarty explores representations of the event which has become known in the British imagination as the 'Indian Mutiny' of 1857 in British popular fiction and historiography. Drawing on a wide range of primary sources including diaries, autobiographies and state papers, Chakravarty shows how narratives of the rebellion were inflected by the concerns of colonial policy and by the demands of imperial self-image. He goes on to discuss the wider context of British involvement in India from 1765 to the 1940s, and engages with constitutional debates, administrative measures, and the early nineteenth-century Anglo-Indian novel. Chakravarty approaches the mutiny from the perspectives of postcolonial theory as well as from historical and literary perspectives to show the extent to which the insurrection took hold of the popular imagination in both Britain and India. The book has a broad interdisciplinary appeal and will be of interest to scholars of English literature, British imperial history, modern Indian history and cultural studies.
Title |
The Indian mutiny and the British imagination / Gautam Chakravarty. [electronic resource] |
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Additional Titles |
The Indian Mutiny & the British Imagination |
Publisher |
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press |
Creation Date |
2005 |
Notes |
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). Includes bibliographical references and index. English |
Content |
Cover Half-title Series-title Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgements Glossary Introduction 1 From chronicle to history 2 Reform and revision 3 Romances of empire, Romantic orientalism and Anglo-India: contexts, historical and literary 4 The 'Mutiny' novel and the historical archive 5 Counter-insurgency and heroism 6 Imagining resistance Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index list |
Series |
Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture 43 |
Extent |
1 online resource (xi, 242 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). |
Language |
English |
National Library system number |
997010709412405171 |
MARC RECORDS
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- English fiction 19th century History and criticism.
- Literature and history Great Britain History 19th century.
- Literature and history India History 19th century.
- Anglo-Indian fiction History and criticism.
- English literature Indic influences.
- British India Intellectual life.
- History and literature
- History and poetry
- Poetry and history
- India History Sepoy Rebellion, 1857-1858 Literature and the rebellion.
- India History Sepoy Rebellion, 1857-1858 Historiography.
- India In literature.
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