Masks of Conquest : : Literary Study and British Rule in India /

Masks of Conquest : : Literary Study and British Rule in India / / Gauri Viswanathan.

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A classic work in postcolonial studies, Masks of Conquest describes the introduction of English studies in India under British rule and illuminates the discipline's transcontinental movements and derivations, showing that the origins of English studies are as diverse and diffuse as its future s...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
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Viswanathan, Gauri,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2014]
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface to the Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Beginnings of English Literary Study
  • 2. Praeparatio Evangelica
  • 3. "One Power, One Mind"
  • 4. Rewriting English
  • 5. Lessons of History
  • 6. The Failure of English
  • 7. Conclusion: Empire and the Western Canon
  • Notes
  • Select bibliography
  • Index

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