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Science Fiction in Colonial India, 1835–1905 Five Stories of Speculation, Resistance and Rebellion

Gibson, Mary Ellis
Innbundet / 2019 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9781783088638
Publisert
2019-03-30
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Anthem Press
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454 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
153 mm
Dybde
26 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
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Product language
Engelsk
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Innbundet
Antall sider
184

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Gibson, Mary Ellis

Om bidragsyterne

Mary Ellis Gibson is the Arthur Jeremiah Roberts Professor of Literature and chair of English at Colby College, USA. Her recent work focuses on the development of English language literature in colonial India. The author of "Indian Angles: English Verse in Colonial India from Jones to Tagore' and the accompanying anthology "Anglophone Poetry in Colonial India, 1780–1913," Gibson has edited several collections of fiction, including "New Stories by Southern Women and Homeplaces: Stories of the South by Women Writers."

Science Fiction in Colonial India, 1835–1905 Five Stories of Speculation, Resistance and Rebellion

Gibson, Mary Ellis
Innbundet / 2019 / Engelsk
Gibson, Mary Ellis
Innbundet / 2019 / Engelsk
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"Science Fiction in Colonial India, 1835–1905" shows, for the first time, how science fiction writing developed in India years before the writings of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells. The five stories presented in this collection, in their cultural and political contexts, help form a new picture of English language writing in India and a new understanding of the connections among science fiction, modernity and empire. [NP] Speculative fiction developed early in India in part because the intrinsic dysfunction and violence of colonialism encouraged writers there to project alternative futures, whether utopian or dystopic. The stories in "Science Fiction in Colonial India, 1835–1905," created by Indian and British writers, responded to the intellectual ferment and political instabilities of colonial India. They add an important dimension to our understanding of Victorian empire, science fiction and speculative fictional narratives. They provide new examples of the imperial and the anti-imperial imaginations at work.
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The five stories in ‘Science Fiction in Colonial India, 1835–1905’ speculate about utopian and dystopian futures. They represent the earliest Indian science fiction, imagining futures ranging from an end-of-the-world deluge to violent revolution to feminist utopia.
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Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Junction of the Oceans: A Tale of the Year 2098, Henry Meredith Parker (1796?–1868); 2. 1980, H. H. Goodeve (1807–84); 3. A Journal of 48 Hours of the Year 1945, Kylas Chunder Dutt (1817–59); 4. The Republic of Orissá: A Page from the Annals of the Twentieth Century, Shoshee Chunder Dutt (1824–85); 5. Sultana’s Dream, Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain (1880?–1932); Appendix: Jagadish Chandra Bose (1858–1937); Runaway Cyclone, Translated by Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay; Index.
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“These rare stories, never before collected in a single volume, speak as much of the utopian strain in the ideologies of rulers and ruled as of the idea of ‘modern science’ when mediated by the experience of life in a subjugated civilization.” —Swapan Chakravorty, Kabiguru Rabindranath Tagore Distinguished Chair in the Humanities, Presidency University, India
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Five fascinating tales of revolution, rebellion and utopia.

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"Science Fiction in Colonial India, 1835–1905" shows, for the first time, how science fiction writing developed in India years before the writings of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells. The five stories presented in this collection, in their cultural and political contexts, help form a new picture of English language writing in India and a new understanding of the connections among science fiction, modernity and empire. [NP] Speculative fiction developed early in India in part because the intrinsic dysfunction and violence of colonialism encouraged writers there to project alternative futures, whether utopian or dystopic. The stories in "Science Fiction in Colonial India, 1835–1905," created by Indian and British writers, responded to the intellectual ferment and political instabilities of colonial India. They add an important dimension to our understanding of Victorian empire, science fiction and speculative fictional narratives. They provide new examples of the imperial and the anti-imperial imaginations at work.
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The five stories in ‘Science Fiction in Colonial India, 1835–1905’ speculate about utopian and dystopian futures. They represent the earliest Indian science fiction, imagining futures ranging from an end-of-the-world deluge to violent revolution to feminist utopia.
Les mer
Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Junction of the Oceans: A Tale of the Year 2098, Henry Meredith Parker (1796?–1868); 2. 1980, H. H. Goodeve (1807–84); 3. A Journal of 48 Hours of the Year 1945, Kylas Chunder Dutt (1817–59); 4. The Republic of Orissá: A Page from the Annals of the Twentieth Century, Shoshee Chunder Dutt (1824–85); 5. Sultana’s Dream, Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain (1880?–1932); Appendix: Jagadish Chandra Bose (1858–1937); Runaway Cyclone, Translated by Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay; Index.
Les mer
“These rare stories, never before collected in a single volume, speak as much of the utopian strain in the ideologies of rulers and ruled as of the idea of ‘modern science’ when mediated by the experience of life in a subjugated civilization.” —Swapan Chakravorty, Kabiguru Rabindranath Tagore Distinguished Chair in the Humanities, Presidency University, India
Les mer
Five fascinating tales of revolution, rebellion and utopia.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781783088638
Publisert
2019-03-30
Utgiver
Vendor
Anthem Press
Vekt
454 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
153 mm
Dybde
26 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
184

Redaktør
Gibson, Mary Ellis

Om bidragsyterne

Mary Ellis Gibson is the Arthur Jeremiah Roberts Professor of Literature and chair of English at Colby College, USA. Her recent work focuses on the development of English language literature in colonial India. The author of "Indian Angles: English Verse in Colonial India from Jones to Tagore' and the accompanying anthology "Anglophone Poetry in Colonial India, 1780–1913," Gibson has edited several collections of fiction, including "New Stories by Southern Women and Homeplaces: Stories of the South by Women Writers."

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