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Author Kerr, Douglas

Title Eastern figures : Orient and empire in British writing / Douglas Kerr
Published Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 258 pages)
Contents Cover; Eastern Figures -- Orient and Empire in British Writing; Copyright; Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Hinterland; 3. Conversions and Reversions; 4. Crowds; 5. Nature and Some Naturalists; 6. Contacts and Transgressions; 7. Travellers to War; 8. Figures of Rule; 9. Not Knowing the Oriental; Bibliography; Index
Summary This title is a literary history with a difference. It examines British writing about the East centered on India but radiating as far as Egypt and the Pacific in a colonial and postcolonial period
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-251) and index
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In HKU Press digital editions
Subject English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
Imperialism in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Literacy.
English literature
Imperialism in literature
Literature
Kolonialismus Motiv
Literatur
Littérature anglaise -- 19e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
Littérature anglaise -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
Impérialisme -- Dans la littérature.
SUBJECT Orient -- In literature
Subject Asia -- Orient
Orient -- Dans la littérature.
Orient <Motiv>
Englisch.
Genre/Form Electronic books
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
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