Title: Sympathy and India in British literature, 1770-1830
Description: "India exerted a powerful grip over the imagination of British authors during the Romantic period. But what was the true nature of their engagement with the Subcontinent? This study argues that depictions of India had to come to terms with India's strangeness and distance from Britain, as well as the aesthetic requirements of European culture"--
Subjects: English literature, Orientalism in literature, In literature, History and criticism, Imperialism in literature, English literature, history and criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Bellettrie, Engels, Oriëntalisme, Asian history, British & Irish history, Colonialism & imperialism, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literature, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900
Places: India
Time periods: 19th century, 18th century