Originally presented as the author's dissertation (doctoral)--Visva-Bharati University, 2019. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
British women writers and India vis-à-vis the context of the Enlightenment -- "Enchanting quarter of the globe" : representation of India in Phebe Gibbes's Hartly House, Calcutta -- "A presumptuous effort" : representation of India in Translations of the letters of a Hindoo Rajah -- "My Indian venture" : representation of India in Lady Morgan's The Missionary: an Indian tale -- Mapping the gaze of the British women travellers : representation of India in Jemima Kindersley and Eliza Fay.
Summary:
"This book interrogates and historicises eighteenth-century British women writers' responses to India through the novel and travel writing, to bring out the polyvalent space arising out of their complex negotiation with the colonial discourse"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Routledge studies in eighteenth-century literature
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