British Orientalisms, 1759-1835

by James Watt

How did Britons understand their relationship with the East in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries? James Watt's new study remaps the literary history of British Orientalisms between 1759, the 'year of victories' in the Seven Years' War, and 1835, when T.B. Macaulay published his polemical 'Minute on Indian Education'. It explores the impact of the war on Britons' cultural horizons, and the different and shifting ways in which Britons...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108472664
• ISBN13: 9781108472661
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.3" x 9.3"