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Colonial Narratives/Cultural Dialogues

by Jyotsna Singh

English literatureEarly modern, 1500-1700HisEnglish literature, history and criticism, early modern, 1500-1700English literature, foreign influencesIndia, historiographyLiterature and anthropologyColonies in literature

Using Shakespeare as a case in point, this book shows how the study of English Literature was implicated in the ideology of the empires in colonies such as India. The author argues that these studies promote western culture.

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Book data: Open Library