War of no pity : the Indian Mutiny and Victorian trauma /

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Christopher Herbert considers why the Victorian public saw the Indian Mutiny of 1857-59 as an epochal event and offers a view of this episode, and of Victorian imperialist culture more generally.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Herbert, Christopher
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2008.
Temas:
1800-1899
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Politics and literature > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Literature and history > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Polemics in literature.
Littérature anglaise > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Politique et littérature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Littérature et histoire > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Polémique dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
English literature.
Historiography.
Literature.
Literature and history.
Politics and literature.
Public opinion.
Englisch.
Geschichtsschreibung.
Indien > Aufstand > 1857-1858.
Literatur.
Opstanden.
Politiek geweld.
Receptie.
Publieke opinie.
Bellettrie.
India > History > Sepoy Rebellion, 1857-1858 > Literature and the rebellion.
India > History > Sepoy Rebellion, 1857-1858 > Historiography.
India > History > Sepoy Rebellion, 1857-1858 > Public opinion.
India > In literature.
Inde > Histoire > 1857-1858 (Révolte des cipayes) > Historiographie.
Inde > Histoire > 1857-1858 (Révolte des cipayes) > Opinion publique.
Great Britain.
India.
Großbritannien.
Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland.
Indien > Aufstand (1857-1858)
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Jingoism, warmongering, racism
  • Diabolical possession and the national conscience
  • Three parables of violence
  • The culture of retribution: capital punishment, Maurice Dering, Flotsam
  • The mutiny in Victorian historiography
  • The infernal kingdom of A tale of two cities
  • Lady Audley's secret: the mutiny, the gothic, and the feminine
  • Epilogue: Fiction fair and foul: novels of the mutiny.

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