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Civility and Empire: Literature and Culture in British India, 1821-1921 (Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures)
Civility and Empire Literature and Culture in British India 18211921 - Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures Author:Anindyo Roy This book addresses the idea of 'civility' as a manifestation of the fluidity and ambivalence of imperial power as reflected in British colonial literature and culture. Discussions of Anglo-Indian romances of 1880-1900, E.M. Forster's The Life to Come and Leonard Woolf's writings show how the appeal to civility had a significant effect on the co... more »nstitution of colonial subject-hood and reveals 'civility' as an ideal trope for the ambivalence of imperial power itself.« less