Reading the global
Subtitle: troubling perspectives on Britain's empire in Asia
By: Sanjay Krishnan.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780231140706; 9780231511742
Subjects: Smith, Adam, -- 1723-1790 -- Criticism and interpretation; De Quincey, Thomas, -- 1785-1859 -- Criticism and interpretation; Conrad, Joseph, -- 1857-1924 -- Criticism and interpretation; Abdullah, -- Munshi, -- 1796-1854 -- Criticism and interpretation; English literature -- History and criticism; Globalization in literature; Imperialism in literature; Capitalism in literature; Great Britain -- Colonies -- Asia -- History -- 19th century; Asia -- In literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: How to read the global; title: Adam Smith and the claims of subsistence; title: Opium confessions : narcotic, commodity, and the Malay Amuk; title: Native agent : Abdullah Munshi's global perspective; title: Animality and the global subject in Conrad's Lord Jim.