Sympathy and India in British Literature, 1770-1830
Sympathy and India in British Literature, 1770-1830 By Andrew Rudd
2011 | 227 Pages | ISBN: 0230233392 | PDF | 4 MB
2011 | 227 Pages | ISBN: 0230233392 | PDF | 4 MB
India exerted a powerful grip over the imagination of British authors during the Romantic period. But what was the true nature of their engagement with the Subcontinent? This study argues that depictions of India had to come to terms with India's strangeness and distance from Britain, as well as the aesthetic requirements of European culture.