Crime and empire : the colony in nineteenth-century fictions of crime
Mukherjee, Upamanyu PabloAuthor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2003.
In this work, Mukherjee examines a wide range of 19th-century British fictions about crime in India - from writers such as Wilkie Collins, Walter Scott, and Conan Doyle to historical parliamentary, and medical narratives.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In this work, Mukherjee examines a wide range of 19th-century British fictions about crime in India - from writers such as Wilkie Collins, Walter Scott, and Conan Doyle to historical parliamentary, and medical narratives.
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Introduction -- The 'criminal' colony before the new police -- Demanding reform : from Fielding to Peel -- Resisting the new police -- New policing, India and thuggee -- Representing the Mutiny : 'criminal' India after 1857 -- Shifting images of the criminal.
English fiction
Detective and mystery stories, English
Imperialism in literature
Colonies in literature
Crime in literature
English Literature
English
Languages & Literatures