Kipling and Orientalism (Routledge Revivals) by B. J. Moore-G... - 9781138799165

Name: Kipling and Orientalism (Routledge Revivals) by B. J. Moore-G... - 9781138799165
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Taylor & Francis Ltd

First published in 1986, this book sets Kipling firmly in the historical context not only of contemporary India but of prior Anglo-Indian writers about India. Despite his enthusiastic reception in England as \u2018revealer of the East\u2019, in India he seems to have been regarded as just one more Anglo-Indian writer. The author demonstrates the traditionalism of Kipling\u2019s use of the themes of Anglo-Indian fiction \u2013 themes such as the \u2018White Man\u2019s grave\u2019, domestic instability, frustration and loneliness. In particular, Kipling is shown to be writing in a strongly conservative idiom, concentrating on the role of the British hierarchy as the determining factor in a response to India, on British insecurity and fears of a repeat of the 1857 mutiny, and regarding Indian institutions only in so far as they represented a threat to British rule. Conservative critiques of liberalism are also discussed. \n > 1. Kipling\u2019s Contexts2. Gorgeous East versus Land of x