num_pages: 206
description: A revision of the author's Ph.D thesis (Columbia U.) in which she examines the history of English literature instruction in India, how English studies became an instrument of political control, and the continuing implications of the uses to which literary works were put in the service of British imperialism. Originally published (cloth) in 1989. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
language: English
title: Masks of Conquest: Literary Study and British Rule in India
titlecomplete: Masks of Conquest: Literary Study and British Rule in India (Social Foundations of Aesthetic Forms)
genres: Theory, Education, Nonfiction, India, Post Colonial, Criticism, History, Literary Criticism
ratings_count: 60
publisher: Columbia Univ Pr