Date: Fri, 14 Jul 1995 12:22:05 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: Dickens & Empire


Gill Gane,
Do yu read Hindi?  Premchand was greatly influenced by Dickens, but he 
wrote in Hindi though there are some translations, especially his last 
novel Godaan and short stories.  Look for Gordon Roadermal
s translation.
Sounds like an interesting topic.
Suresht

On Thu, 13 Jul 1995 gane-AT-umbsky.cc.umb.edu wrote:

> I'm exploring the possibility of doing some work on Dickens and Empire. 
> I'd like:
> 
> (1) to trace Dickens's own attitudes toward the empire (looking not only 
> at his fiction but at his views, for instance on the Niger project, the 
> Indian Mutiny, and the Governor Eyre case);
> 
> (2) to seek evidence of the empire's reception of Dickens--that is, 
> whatever can be found about the circulation of Dickens's works and 
> critical responses to them in the (post)colonies; I'd be particularly 
> interested in any influence he may have had on colonial writers.  For 
> this second part I'm not period-bound, i.e. would welcome material from 
> any period.
> 
> I'm not too concerned about finding material on (1), though I'd welcome 
> suggestions (I know Said's and Brantlinger's work, and have references to 
> a couple of books on the Eyre case).  What I'd really appreciate, 
> however, is help with (2).
> 
> Gill Gane			UMass-Boston		gane-AT-umbsky.cc.umb.edu
> 
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