Kipling and Orientalism (Routledge Revivals) by B J Moore-Gilbert

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Kipling and Orientalism (Routledge Revivals) by B J Moore-Gilbert

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Kipling and Orientalism (Routledge Revivals) by B J Moore-Gilbert

First published in 1986, this book sets Kipling firmly in the historical context not only of contemporary India but of prior Anglo-Indian writers about India. Despite his enthusiastic reception in England as ‘revealer of the East’, in India he seems to have been regarded as just one more Anglo-Indian writer. The author demonstrates the traditionalism of Kipling’s use of the themes of Anglo-Indian fiction – themes such as the ‘White Man’s grave’, domestic instability, frustration and loneliness. In particular, Kipling is shown to be writing in a strongly conservative idiom, concentrating on the role of the British hierarchy as the determining factor in a response to India, on British insecurity and fears of a repeat of 1857 mutiny, and regarding Indian institutions only in so far as they represented a threat to British rule. Conservative critiques of liberalism are also discussed.

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ISBN 13 9781138799219
ISBN 10 1138799211
Title Kipling and Orientalism (Routledge Revivals)
Author B J Moore-Gilbert
Series Routledge Revivals
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Routledge
Year published 2016-02-05
Number of pages 240
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