Document Type

Book Review

Publication Date

Winter 1994

Keywords

English in India, Images of India in fiction

Abstract

This explores the changing "inner world" of the English in India, by examining "images" of India in the fiction of three English authors. The three are Rudyard Kipling, E. M. Forster, and Paul Scott. Citing Allen J. Greenberger, The British Image of India (London: Oxford University Press, 1960), Gokhale identifies these authors, respectively, with "the Age of Confidence (1860s to 1918), the Era of Anxiety (1919- 1935) and the Years of Sunset (1936-1947) " (pp. 31-32) . By an "inner world" he means to emphasize emotions and perceptions colored by emo­tions, rather than facts. For "images" he prefers to rely on realistic descriptions of landscapes and characters. This is a strategy that must be altered for Forster. Throughout, Gokhale provides historical backgrounds for the works of fiction he analyzes, but thinking of "history" as a known ''back­ ground" for "literature" makes it difficult for him to discover anything new about history from literature.

Publication Title

Pacific Affairs

Volume

67

Issue

4

First Page

618

Last Page

619

Required Publisher's Statement

Pacific Affairs: An International Review of Asia and the Pacific is published by the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

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Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2759598

Subjects - Topical (LCSH)

India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947; Authors--Political and social views; Politics and literature

Subjects - Names (LCNAF)

Gokhale, Balkrishna Govind. India in the eyes of the British

Geographic Coverage

India

Genre/Form

reviews (documents)

Type

Text

Language

English

Format

application/pdf

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