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  1. Anxieties of Empire and the Fiction of Intrigue
    Published: 2012
    Publisher:  Columbia University Press, New York

    Focusing on late nineteenth- and twentieth-century stories of detection, policing, and espionage by British and South Asian writers, Yumna Siddiqi presents an original and compelling exploration of the cultural anxieties created by imperialism. She... more

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    Focusing on late nineteenth- and twentieth-century stories of detection, policing, and espionage by British and South Asian writers, Yumna Siddiqi presents an original and compelling exploration of the cultural anxieties created by imperialism. She suggests that while colonial writers use narratives of intrigue to endorse imperial rule, postcolonial writers turn the generic conventions and topography of the fiction of intrigue on its head, launching a critique of imperial power that makes the repressive and emancipatory impulses of postcolonial modernity visible.Siddiqi devotes ...

     

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    ISBN: 9780231138086; 9780231510868 (Sekundärausgabe)
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    Subjects: Englisch; Kriminalliteratur; Kolonialismus <Motiv>; Postkoloniale Literatur; Spionage <Motiv>; Kriminalität <Motiv>
    Other subjects: Ondaatje, Michael (1943-)
    Scope: 303 p.
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  2. Anxieties of empire and the fiction of intrigue
    Published: 2008
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    Subjects: Englisch; Kriminalliteratur; Kolonialismus <Motiv>; Postkoloniale Literatur; Spionage <Motiv>; Kriminalität <Motiv>
    Other subjects: Ondaatje, Michael (1943-)
    Scope: XI, 290 S.
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    Colonial anxieties and the fiction of intrigue -- Imperial intrigue in an English country house -- Sherlock Holmes and "the cesspool of Empire": the return of the repressed -- The fiction of counterinsurgency -- Intermezzo: postcolonial modernity and the fiction of intrigue -- Police and postcolonial rationality in Amitav Ghosh's The circle of reason -- "Deep in blood": Roy, Rushdie, and the representation of state violence in India -- "The unhistorical dead": violence, history, and narrative in Michael Ondaatje's Anil's ghost -- Conclusion: "power smashes into private lives": cultural politics in the new Empire

    Literaturverz.: S. [231] - 268

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  3. Anxieties of Empire and the Fiction of Intrigue
    Published: [2007]; © 2007
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    Subjects: Anglo-American Literature, general; Literary Studies; Literature in Diverse Languages; English fiction; English fiction; English fiction; Intrigue in literature; Kolonialismus <Motiv>; Spionage <Motiv>; Kriminalität <Motiv>; Englisch; Postkoloniale Literatur; Kriminalliteratur
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  4. Anxieties of Empire and the Fiction of Intrigue
    Published: 2007; ©2007
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  5. Anxieties of Empire and the Fiction of Intrigue
    Published: [2007]; © 2007
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    Subjects: Anglo-American Literature, general; Literary Studies; Literature in Diverse Languages; English fiction; English fiction; English fiction; Intrigue in literature; Kolonialismus <Motiv>; Spionage <Motiv>; Kriminalität <Motiv>; Englisch; Postkoloniale Literatur; Kriminalliteratur
    Other subjects: Ondaatje, Michael (1943-)
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  6. Anxieties of Empire and the Fiction of Intrigue
    Published: 2012
    Publisher:  Columbia University Press, New York

    Focusing on late nineteenth- and twentieth-century stories of detection, policing, and espionage by British and South Asian writers, Yumna Siddiqi presents an original and compelling exploration of the cultural anxieties created by imperialism. She... more

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    Focusing on late nineteenth- and twentieth-century stories of detection, policing, and espionage by British and South Asian writers, Yumna Siddiqi presents an original and compelling exploration of the cultural anxieties created by imperialism. She suggests that while colonial writers use narratives of intrigue to endorse imperial rule, postcolonial writers turn the generic conventions and topography of the fiction of intrigue on its head, launching a critique of imperial power that makes the repressive and emancipatory impulses of postcolonial modernity visible.Siddiqi devotes the first part

     

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    ISBN: 9780231138086
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    Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Colonial Anxieties and the Fiction of Intrigue; 2. Imperial Intrigue in an English Country House; 3. Sherlock Holmes and "the Cesspool of Empire": The Return of the Repressed; 4. The Fiction of Counterinsurgency; 5. Intermezzo: Postcolonial Modernity and the Fiction of Intrigue; 6. Police and Postcolonial Rationality in Amitav Ghosh's The Circle of Reason; 7. "Deep in Blood": Roy, Rushdie, and the Representation of State Violence in India; 8. "The Unhistorical Dead": Violence, History, and Narrative in Michael Ondaatje's Anil's Ghost

    Conclusion "Power Smashes Into Private Lives": Cultural Politics in the New EmpireNotes; Index

  7. Anxieties of Empire and the fiction of intrigue
    Published: ©2008
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    ISBN: 0231510861; 9780231510868
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    Subjects: English fiction; Intrigue in literature; Espionage in literature; Literature and society; Literature and society; Imperialism in literature; Postcolonialism in literature; Anxiety in literature; English fiction; English fiction
    Scope: Online-Ressource (xi, 290 pages)
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    Colonial anxieties and the fiction of intrigueImperial intrigue in an English country house -- Sherlock Holmes and "the cesspool of Empire": the return of the repressed -- The fiction of counterinsurgency -- Intermezzo: postcolonial modernity and the fiction of intrigue -- Police and postcolonial rationality in Amitav Ghosh's The circle of reason -- "Deep in blood": Roy, Rushdie, and the representation of state violence in India -- "The unhistorical dead": violence, history, and narrative in Michael Ondaatje's Anil's ghost -- Conclusion: "power smashes into private lives": cultural politics in the new Empire.

  8. Anxieties of Empire and the fiction of intrigue
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  Columbia University Press, New York

    Focusing on late nineteenth- and twentieth-century stories of detection, policing, and espionage by British and South Asian writers, Yumna Siddiqi presents an original and compelling exploration of the cultural anxieties created by imperialism. She... more

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    Focusing on late nineteenth- and twentieth-century stories of detection, policing, and espionage by British and South Asian writers, Yumna Siddiqi presents an original and compelling exploration of the cultural anxieties created by imperialism. She suggests that while colonial writers use narratives of intrigue to endorse imperial rule, postcolonial writers turn the generic conventions and topography of the fiction of intrigue on its head, launching a critique of imperial power that makes the repressive and emancipatory impulses of postcolonial modernity visible. Siddiqi devotes Colonial anxieties and the fiction of intrigue -- Imperial intrigue in an English country house -- Sherlock Holmes and "the cesspool of Empire": the return of the repressed -- The fiction of counterinsurgency -- Intermezzo: postcolonial modernity and the fiction of intrigue -- Police and postcolonial rationality in Amitav Ghosh's The circle of reason -- "Deep in blood": Roy, Rushdie, and the representation of state violence in India -- "The unhistorical dead": violence, history, and narrative in Michael Ondaatje's Anil's ghost -- Conclusion: "power smashes into private lives": cultural politics in the new Empire

     

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    ISBN: 0231138091; 0231510861; 0231138083; 9780231138093; 9780231510868; 9780231138086
    Subjects: English fiction; English fiction; English fiction; Intrigue in literature; Espionage in literature; Literature and society; Literature and society; Imperialism in literature; Postcolonialism in literature; Anxiety in literature; Roman anglais - 19e siècle - Histoire et critique; Roman anglais - 20e siècle - Histoire et critique; Roman anglais - Auteurs sud-asiatiques - Histoire et critique; Intrigues dans la littérature; Espionnage dans la littérature; Littérature et société - Grande-Bretagne - Histoire - 19e siècle; Littérature et société - Grande-Bretagne - Histoire - 20e siècle; Impérialisme dans la littérature; Postcolonialisme dans la littérature; LITERARY CRITICISM - European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Anxiety in literature; English fiction; Espionage in literature; Imperialism in literature; Intrigue in literature; Literature and society; Postcolonialism in literature; Intrige - Motiv - Roman - englischer - Südasien; Roman - englischer - Südasien - Postkolonialismus; Postkolonialismus - Roman - englischer - Südasien; Roman - englischer - Motiv - Intrige; Roman - englischer - Motiv - Imperialismus; Intrige - Motiv - Roman - englischer; Imperialismus - Motiv - Roman - englischer; Roman - englischer - Südasien; Roman - englischer - Südasien - Motiv - Intrige; Criticism, interpretation, etc; History
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 290 pages)
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