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pp. 185, ” Nagai (Univ. of Kent, UK) contributes to the postcolonial debate between scholars who emphasize Irish contributions to British imperialism and those who insist on Irish nationalist resistance. Rudyard Kipling serves as a witness demonstrating the empire’s effort to create a “family” of diverse colonized nations within its grand design. Foregrounding sociopolitical agendas in this manner ignores Kipling as a literary practitioner and magnifies his ideological message. Nagai concentrates on Kipling’s Irish characters as they navigate between national and imperial identities. The book is divided into three (unequal) chronological parts: the 1880s when Kipling lived in India, the 1890s when he achieved international fame, and the Boer War years. Kipling’s work in each period seems to be a palimpsest of the others, always reinforcing the conclusion that he tried to confine the explosive force (she calls it “dynamite”) of Irish, Indian, and Boer nationalism within an irenic English empire, an “imperial dream life.””
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| ISBN | 1859184081 | |
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| ISBN13 | 9781859184080 | |
| Number of pages | 185 | |
| Original Title | Empire of Analogies: Kipling, India and Ireland | |
| Published Date | 2007 | |
| Book Condition | Very Good | |
| Jacket Condition | Very Good | |
| Binding | Hardcover | |
| Size | 8vo | |
| Place of Publication | Cork | |
| Edition | First Edition | |
| Category: | Special Literature | |
| Author: | Kaori Nagai | |
| Publisher: | Cork University Press |
pp. 185, ” Nagai (Univ. of Kent, UK) contributes to the postcolonial debate between scholars who emphasize Irish contributions to British imperialism and those who insist on Irish nationalist resistance. Rudyard Kipling serves as a witness demonstrating the empire’s effort to create a “family” of diverse colonized nations within its grand design. Foregrounding sociopolitical agendas in this manner ignores Kipling as a literary practitioner and magnifies his ideological message. Nagai concentrates on Kipling’s Irish characters as they navigate between national and imperial identities. The book is divided into three (unequal) chronological parts: the 1880s when Kipling lived in India, the 1890s when he achieved international fame, and the Boer War years. Kipling’s work in each period seems to be a palimpsest of the others, always reinforcing the conclusion that he tried to confine the explosive force (she calls it “dynamite”) of Irish, Indian, and Boer nationalism within an irenic English empire, an “imperial dream life.””
| Weight | 1.1 kg |
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