Scholarly criticism of John Milton's writings has in recent decades been distinguished by a methodological prudence that separates it from other forms of literary scholarship. One critic, however, stands apart from his colleagues and has consistently offered a corrective to this prudence: Balachandra Rajan. In Milton and the Climates of Reading, Elizabeth Sauer undertakes the daunting work of bringing together a selection of Rajan's essays on Milton, some hitherto unpublished, in order to chart trends and changes in Milton scholarship over the last sixty years and to consider future...
Scholarly criticism of John Milton's writings has in recent decades been distinguished by a methodological prudence that separates it from other fo...
Spanning nearly two and a half centuries of English literature about India, "Under Western Eyes" traces the development of an imperial discourse that governed the English view of India well into the twentieth century. Narrating this history from its Reformation beginnings to its Victorian consolidation, Balachandra Rajan tracks this imperial presence through a wide range of literary and ideological sites. In so doing, he explores from a postcolonial vantage point collusions of gender, commerce, and empire--while revealing the tensions, self-deceptions, and conflicts at work within the English...
Spanning nearly two and a half centuries of English literature about India, "Under Western Eyes" traces the development of an imperial discourse that ...
Spanning nearly two and a half centuries of English literature about India, "Under Western Eyes" traces the development of an imperial discourse that governed the English view of India well into the twentieth century. Narrating this history from its Reformation beginnings to its Victorian consolidation, Balachandra Rajan tracks this imperial presence through a wide range of literary and ideological sites. In so doing, he explores from a postcolonial vantage point collusions of gender, commerce, and empire--while revealing the tensions, self-deceptions, and conflicts at work within the English...
Spanning nearly two and a half centuries of English literature about India, "Under Western Eyes" traces the development of an imperial discourse that ...
Filling a major gap in historical, literary, and post-colonial scholarship, Imperialisms examines the identity statements of the world's major imperialisms in multiple theatres of competition over the course of four centuries. Filling a major gap in historical, literary, and post-colonial scholarship, Imperialisms examines early identity statements and nuances of dominance of the world's major imperialisms in various theatres of competition. Developed in collaboration with leading scholars in the field, this book balances historical essays and case studies, and encourages investigations of...
Filling a major gap in historical, literary, and post-colonial scholarship, Imperialisms examines the identity statements of the world's major imperia...
This chief aim of this title, first published in 1965, is to present a comprehensive picture of Yeats s achievement and some of the means for an evaluation of that achievement. To this end both the poems and plays have been examined and some of Yeats s critical ideas have been briefly discussed. Professor Rajan s study provides a compact introduction to Yeats s work, and will be of interest to the general reader as well as to students of literature. "
This chief aim of this title, first published in 1965, is to present a comprehensive picture of Yeats s achievement and some of the means for an ev...
Filling a major gap in historical, literary, and post-colonial scholarship, "Imperialisms" examines the identity statements of the world's major imperialisms in multiple theatres of competition over the course of four centuries.
Filling a major gap in historical, literary, and post-colonial scholarship, "Imperialisms" examines the identity statements of the world's major imper...
