Science Fiction in Colonial India, 1835–1905

Five Stories of Speculation, Resistance and Rebellion

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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Beskrivning

"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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-03-30
Mått:153 x 229 x 26 mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:184
Förlag:Anthem Press
ISBN:9781783088638

Utforska kategorier

Science fiction inom Fantasy, SciFi och skräck

Mer om författaren

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."

Innehållsförteckning

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.