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War of No Pity
The Indian Mutiny and Victorian Trauma
Taschenbuch von Christopher Herbert
Sprache: Englisch

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On May 11, 1857, Hindu and Muslim sepoys massacred British residents and native Christians in Delhi, setting off both the whirlwind of similar violence that engulfed Bengal in the following months and an answering wave of rhetorical violence in Britain, where the uprising against British rule in India was often portrayed as a clash of civilization and barbarity demanding merciless retribution. Although by twentieth-century standards the number of victims was small, the Victorian public saw "the Indian Mutiny" of 1857-59 as an epochal event. In this provocative book, Christopher Herbert seeks to discover why. He offers a view of this episode--and of Victorian imperialist culture more generally--sharply at odds with the standard formulations of postcolonial scholarship. Drawing on a wealth of largely overlooked and often mesmerizing nineteenth-century texts, including memoirs, histories, letters, works of journalism, and novels, War of No Pity shows that the startling ferocity of the conflict in India provoked a crisis of national conscience and a series of searing if often painfully ambivalent condemnations of British actions in India both prior to and during the war. Bringing to light the dissident, disillusioned, antipatriotic strain of Victorian "mutiny writing," Herbert locates in it key forerunners of modern-day antiwar literature and the modern critique of racism.
On May 11, 1857, Hindu and Muslim sepoys massacred British residents and native Christians in Delhi, setting off both the whirlwind of similar violence that engulfed Bengal in the following months and an answering wave of rhetorical violence in Britain, where the uprising against British rule in India was often portrayed as a clash of civilization and barbarity demanding merciless retribution. Although by twentieth-century standards the number of victims was small, the Victorian public saw "the Indian Mutiny" of 1857-59 as an epochal event. In this provocative book, Christopher Herbert seeks to discover why. He offers a view of this episode--and of Victorian imperialist culture more generally--sharply at odds with the standard formulations of postcolonial scholarship. Drawing on a wealth of largely overlooked and often mesmerizing nineteenth-century texts, including memoirs, histories, letters, works of journalism, and novels, War of No Pity shows that the startling ferocity of the conflict in India provoked a crisis of national conscience and a series of searing if often painfully ambivalent condemnations of British actions in India both prior to and during the war. Bringing to light the dissident, disillusioned, antipatriotic strain of Victorian "mutiny writing," Herbert locates in it key forerunners of modern-day antiwar literature and the modern critique of racism.
Über den Autor
Christopher Herbert is an established author in the fields of Art History, Ethics, and Education, but this is his first novel. Before retirement, he was Bishop of St Albans and sat in the House of Lords. He has an MPhil and PhD from the University of Leicester, plus two honorary doctorates, and is an Honorary Citizen of Fano, Italy. Currently, he is a Visiting Professor at the University of Surrey.
He loves writing, reading, and music, going for walks in the country with his wife and friends, and watching his granddaughters grow up.
He can be contacted at [...] where you will find more details of his life and interests. He looks forward very much to hearing from you.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Genre: Lyrik & Dramatik
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780691143309
ISBN-10: 0691143307
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Herbert, Christopher
Hersteller: Princeton University Press
Maße: 229 x 152 x 21 mm
Von/Mit: Christopher Herbert
Erscheinungsdatum: 22.11.2009
Gewicht: 0,572 kg
Artikel-ID: 101571744
Über den Autor
Christopher Herbert is an established author in the fields of Art History, Ethics, and Education, but this is his first novel. Before retirement, he was Bishop of St Albans and sat in the House of Lords. He has an MPhil and PhD from the University of Leicester, plus two honorary doctorates, and is an Honorary Citizen of Fano, Italy. Currently, he is a Visiting Professor at the University of Surrey.
He loves writing, reading, and music, going for walks in the country with his wife and friends, and watching his granddaughters grow up.
He can be contacted at [...] where you will find more details of his life and interests. He looks forward very much to hearing from you.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Genre: Lyrik & Dramatik
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780691143309
ISBN-10: 0691143307
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Herbert, Christopher
Hersteller: Princeton University Press
Maße: 229 x 152 x 21 mm
Von/Mit: Christopher Herbert
Erscheinungsdatum: 22.11.2009
Gewicht: 0,572 kg
Artikel-ID: 101571744
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