Masks of conquest :
Viswanathan, Gauri,
Masks of conquest : literary study and British rule in India / Gauri Viswanathan. - 25th anniversary edition. - New York : Columbia University Press, 2015. - xxvi, 208 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-198) and index.
1. The Beginnings of English Literary Study 2. Praeparatio Evangelica 3. "One Power, One Mind" 4. Rewriting English 5. Lessons of History 6. The Failure of English 7. Conclusion: Empire and the Western Canon
A work in postcolonial studies, this text describes the introduction of English studies in India under British rule and illuminates the discipline's transcontinental movements and derivations, showing that the origins of English studies are as diverse and diffuse as its future shape. The text also argues forcefully that the curricular study of English can no longer be understood innocently of or inattentively to the imperial contexts in which the discipline first articulated its mission.
9780231171694
2014942610
English literature
Politics and literature
Education
Education and state--Study and teaching--History--India--19th century.--History--India--19th century.--Political aspects--History--India--19th century.--History--India--19th century.
India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947.
420.710 / VIS
Masks of conquest : literary study and British rule in India / Gauri Viswanathan. - 25th anniversary edition. - New York : Columbia University Press, 2015. - xxvi, 208 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-198) and index.
1. The Beginnings of English Literary Study 2. Praeparatio Evangelica 3. "One Power, One Mind" 4. Rewriting English 5. Lessons of History 6. The Failure of English 7. Conclusion: Empire and the Western Canon
A work in postcolonial studies, this text describes the introduction of English studies in India under British rule and illuminates the discipline's transcontinental movements and derivations, showing that the origins of English studies are as diverse and diffuse as its future shape. The text also argues forcefully that the curricular study of English can no longer be understood innocently of or inattentively to the imperial contexts in which the discipline first articulated its mission.
9780231171694
2014942610
English literature
Politics and literature
Education
Education and state--Study and teaching--History--India--19th century.--History--India--19th century.--Political aspects--History--India--19th century.--History--India--19th century.
India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947.
420.710 / VIS