Eastern figures : Orient and empire in British writing

Author(s)

• Kerr, Douglas

Bibliographic Information

Eastern figures : Orient and empire in British writing

Douglas Kerr

Hong Kong University Press, c2008

• : hbk.
• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-251) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Eastern Figures is a literary history with a difference. It examines British writing about the East - centred on India but radiating as far as Egypt and the Pacific - in the colonial and postcolonial period.

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Details

• NCID: BB02503681
• ISBN:
  • 9789622099340
  • 9789622099357
• LCCN: 2009280751
• Country Code: cc
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Hong Kong
• Pages/Volumes: vi, 258 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PR468.O74
  • DC22 : 820.9325
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Orient -- In literature
  • LCSH : Imperialism in literature