TY  - BOOK
AU  - Viswanathan,Gauri
AU  - 
TI  - Masks of conquest: literary study and British rule in India 
SN  - 9780231171694
U1  - 420.710 
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Columbia University Press
KW  - English literature
KW  - Politics and literature
KW  - Education
KW  - Education and state
KW  - Study and teaching
KW  - India
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - British occupation, 1765-1947
N1  - 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
N2  - 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.
ER  -