{"product_id":"indian-angles-9780821419410","title":"Indian Angles","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new historical approach to Indian English literature \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMary Ellis Gibson shows that poetry, not fiction, was the dominant literary genre of Indian writing in English until 1860 and that poetry written in colonial situations can tell us as much or even more about figuration, multilingual literacies, and histories of nationalism than novels can. Gibson re-creates the historical webs of affiliation and resistance that were experienced by writers in colonial Indiawriters of British, Indian, and mixed ethnicities.\u003cbr\u003eAdvancing new theoretical and historical paradigms for reading colonial literatures, Indian Angles makes accessible many writers heretofore neglected or virtually unknown. Gibson recovers texts by British women, by nonelite British men, and by persons who would, in the nineteenth century, have been called Eurasian. Her work traces the mutually constitutive history of English-language poets from Sir William Jones to Toru Dutt and Rabindranath Tagore. Drawing on\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is genuinely groundbreaking work: ambitiously conceived, suggestively presented, and potentially paradigm-shifting.” -- Tricia Lootens, author of Lost Saints: Silence, Gender, and Victorian Literary Canonization\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eIndian Angles\u003c\/i\u003e showcases and reflects the vibrant poetry culture of India in the nineteenth century and therein lies its contribution to the scholarship of that period.” * Victorian Studies *\u003cbr\u003e“Both of Gibson’s books (\u003ci\u003eIndian Angles\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAnglophone Poetry in Colonial India\u003c\/i\u003e) stand as shining examples of the strategic comparativist work needed to assess the full array of literary voices in\/on India during the long nineteenth century.” * English Literature in Transition, 1880–1920 *\u003cbr\u003e“In this thoroughly researched, well-theorized study, Gibson traces the rise of English-language poetics in India from the late 18th century to the early 20th. She acknowledges the complex, changing identity politics informing colonial affiliation, showing how poets of British, Indian, or mixed origin and affiliation were involved in the complementary project of establishing Anglo-Indian poetics…. Summing Up: Highly recommended.” * Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries *\u003cbr\u003e”Asserting that poetry—rather than prose fiction—dominated English-language writing in India for most of the nineteenth century, \u003ci\u003eIndian Angles\u003c\/i\u003e examines ‘the rise and expansion of English language poetics in India,‘….” * Studies in English Literature, 1500–1900 *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ohio University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405994828119,"sku":"9780821419410","price":27.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780821419410.jpg?v=1730494173","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/indian-angles-9780821419410","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}