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Kipling and Orientalism (Routledge Revivals) - Routledge Revivals B. J. Moore-Gilbert 1st edition
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Kipling and Orientalism (Routledge Revivals) - Routledge Revivals
B. J. Moore-Gilbert
First published in 1986, this book sets Kipling firmly in the historical context not only of contemporary India but of prior Anglo-Indian writers about India. Despite his enthusiastic reception in England as ?revealer of the East?, in India he seems to have been regarded as just one more Anglo-Indian writer. The author demonstrates the traditionalism of Kipling?s use of the themes of Anglo-Indian fiction ? themes such as the ?White Man?s grave?, domestic instability, frustration and loneliness. In particular, Kipling is shown to be writing in a strongly conservative idiom, concentrating on the role of the British hierarchy as the determining factor in a response to India, on British insecurity and fears of a repeat of 1857 mutiny, and regarding Indian institutions only in so far as they represented a threat to British rule. Conservative critiques of liberalism are also discussed.
240 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | February 5, 2016 |
| ISBN13 | 9781138799219 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 240 |
| Dimensions | 217 × 140 × 16 mm · 308 g |
| Language | English |
