Anxieties of Empire and the Fiction of Intrigue

Anxieties of Empire and the Fiction of Intrigue

by YSiddiqi (Author)

Synopsis

Focusing on late nineteenth- and twentieth-century stories of detection, policing, and espionage by British and South Asian writers, this title presents an exploration of the cultural anxieties created by imperialism. It reveals how British writers express the anxious workings of a will to maintain imperial power in their writing.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 04 Apr 2008

ISBN 10: 0231138083
ISBN 13: 9780231138086