Kipling and Orientalism (Routledge Revivals)

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 the 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.

List of contents

1. Kipling’s Contexts2. Gorgeous East versus Land of Regrets3. A Sense of Insecurity4. Strategic Conflicts within Orientalism5. The Problem of Solidarity6. Orientalism and Narrative;Bibliography;Index

About the author

Moore-Gilbert, B. J.

Product details

• Authors: B. J. Moore-Gilbert, Moore-Gilbert B. J.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.05.2014
• EAN: 9781138799165
• ISBN: 978-1-138-79916-5
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Asia, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Chinese, Colonialism & imperialism, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Regional Studies, Colonialism and imperialism, Regional / International studies, Asian History, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, Regional Geography, Literary studies: postcolonial literature