Anglophone Poetry in Colonial India, 1780–1913 – A Critical Anthology Gibson

Anglophone Poetry in Colonial India, 17801913A Critical Anthology\nAuthor(s): Mary Ellis Gibson\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Ohio University Press, United States\nImprint: Ohio University Press\nISBN-13: 9780821419427, 978-0821419427\nSynopsis\nAnglophone Poetry in Colonial India, [tel]: A Critical Anthology makes accessible for the first time the entire range of poems written in English on the subcontinent from their beginnings in 1780 to the watershed moment in 1913 when Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize in [url] Ellis Gibson establishes accurate texts for such well-known poets as Toru Dutt and the early nineteenth-century poet Kasiprasad Ghosh. The anthology brings together poets who were in fact colleagues, competitors, and influences on each other. The historical scope of the anthology, beginning with the famous Orientalist Sir William Jones and the anonymous \""Anna Maria\"" and ending with Indian poets publishing in fin-de-sicle London, will enable teachers and students t.