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Book SynopsisIndian Angles is a new historical approach to Indian English literature. It shows that poetry, not fiction, was the dominant literary genre of Indian writing in English until 1860 and re-creates the historical webs of affiliation and resistance that writers in colonial India—writers of British, Indian, and mixed ethnicities—experienced.
Trade Review“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
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Indian Angles 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 *
“Both of Gibson’s books (
Indian Angles and
Anglophone Poetry in Colonial India) 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 *
“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 *
”Asserting that poetry—rather than prose fiction—dominated English-language writing in India for most of the nineteenth century,
Indian Angles examines ‘the rise and expansion of English language poetics in India,‘….” * Studies in English Literature, 1500–1900 *
