Science Fiction in Colonial India, 1835-1905 (eBook, PDF)

Five Stories of Speculation, Resistance and Rebellion
Redaktion: Gibson, Mary Ellis

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Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. März 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781783088645
• Artikelnr.: 56266107

Autorenporträt

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."

Inhaltsangabe

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.