Manchester University Press
Hartly House, Calcutta: Phebe Gibbes
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9781526134370
ISBN13:
9781526134370
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$54.76
Hartly House, Calcutta: Phebe Gibbes
$54.76
This novel is a designedly political document. Written at the time of the Hastings impeachment and set in the period of Hastings's Orientalist government, Hartly House, Calcutta (1789) represents a dramatic delineation of the Anglo-Indian encounter. The novel constitutes a significant intervention in the contemporary debate concerning the nature of Hastings's rule of India by demonstrating that it was characterised by an atmosphere of intellectual sympathy and racial tolerance. Within a few decades the Evangelical and Anglicising lobbies frequently condemned Brahmans as devious beneficiaries of a parasitic priestcraft, but Phebe Gibbes's portrayal of Sophia's Brahman and the religion he espouses represent a perception of India dignified by a sympathetic and tolerant attempt to dispel prejudice.
| Author: Michael J. Franklin |
| Publisher: Manchester University Press |
| Publication Date: Feb 13, 2019 |
| Number of Pages: 272 pages |
| Binding: Paperback or Softback |
| ISBN-10: 1526134373 |
| ISBN-13: 9781526134370 |
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