HUGH CLIFFORD AND THE DISCIPLINE OF ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS AND MALAYA, 1895-1907 by Philip J. Holden ( 9780944318133 )

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HUGH CLIFFORD AND THE DISCIPLINE OF ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS AND MALAYA, 1895-1907

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0944318134

ISBN 13:

9780944318133

Publisher:

ELT PRESS

Pub. date:

5 August, 2000

Series:

Modern Subjects/Colonial Texts S.

Pages:

200

Synopsis:

Fiction written under colonialism at the turn of the 19th century continues to be a contested area of intellectual enquiry. Writers who put imperialism into focus are now also seen as important agents in creating and reinforcing notions of national culture and gender roles. Hugh Clifford was a colonial administrator in the Malaya and Straits Settlements for 50 years, and his Malayan short stories, novels and sketches draw parallels between governing a colony and the discipline of writing a literary text. Philip Holden puts Clifford's writing in the context of the British "Forward Movement" in the Malay Peninsula, the evolving strategies of colonial governance and their reception and reinscription by colonial elites.

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