Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. ix, 161 p.; 24 cm.

Series statement

1. Victorian critical interventions

Uniform title

1. Victorian critical interventions.

Subject

1. Interracial marriage in literature
2. Taylor, Meadows, 1808-1876 > Criticism and interpretation
3. Domestic fiction, English > 19th century > History and criticism
4. Indian women in literature
5. Gardner, William Linneaus, -1833 > Criticism and interpretation
6. Croker, B. M (Bithia Mary), -1920 > Criticism and interpretation
7. Anglo-Indian literature > 19th century > History and criticism

Contents

1. The poetics and politics of Anglo-Indian romance -- "Half an Asiatic" : William Linneaus Gardner and Anglo-Muslim domesticity -- The home and the bazaar : the Anglo-Indian novels of Bithia Mary Croker -- Family quarrels : the royal widows and the East India Company -- Educating Seeta : Philip Meadows Taylor's romances of empire -- Why romance matters.

Call number

1. JFE 10-5522

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author

1. Kapila, Shuchi, 1964-

Title

1. Educating Seeta : the Anglo-Indian family romance and the poetics of indirect rule / Shuchi Kapila.

Imprint

1. Columbus : Ohio State University Press, c2010.

Series

1. Victorian critical interventions
2. Victorian critical interventions.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

LCCN

1. 2009052643

ISBN

1. 9780814211267 (cloth : alk. paper)
2. 0814211267 (cloth : alk. paper)
3. 9780814292242 (cd)
4. 0814292240 (cd)

Research call number

1. JFE 10-5522