In this Book
- Eastern Figures: Orient and Empire in British Writing
- Book
- 2008
- Published by: Hong Kong University Press, HKU
summary
Eastern Figures is a literary history with a difference. It examines British writing about the East – centred on India but radiating as far as Egypt and the Pacific – in the colonial and postcolonial period.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. iii-iv
- 1: Introduction
- pp. 1-7
- 2: Hinterland
- pp. 9-22
- 3: Conversions and Reversions
- pp. 23-52
- 5: Nature and Some Naturalists
- pp. 79-116
- 6: Contacts and Transgressions
- pp. 117-158
- 7: Travellers to War
- pp. 159-189
- 8: Figures of Rule
- pp. 191-221
- 9: Not Knowing the Oriental
- pp. 223-239
- Bibliography
- pp. 241-251
Additional Information
ISBN
9789888052233
Related ISBN(s)
9789622099340
MARC Record
OCLC
650604354
Pages
264
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
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