Eastern Figures Orient and Empire in British Writing /
Kerr, Douglas.
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.
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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
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-251) and index.
Description based on print version record.
Imperialism in literature.
English literature
English literature