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Essays on Anglo-Indian Literature
Prof. Sujit Bose |
The subject matter of
Essays on Anglo-Indian Literature is concerned with what the English people in
colonial India saw around them in this country. In this sense the book contains
both literary criticism and also historical investigation. There is in this
book, among others, the placing of the development of Anglo-Indian prose and
poetry in the chronology of history. The historical-critical presentation of
the development of Anglo-Indian prose starts in the seventeenth century and is
traced upto the concluding years of nineteenth century Anglo-India. The
presentation of the aforesaid development is carried out not only from the
point of view of the nature of the themes, but also from the point of view of
the changes in the style in which they were written. The majority of the works
in prose that were produced during this period show an abiding interest in the
various aspects of the; life, literature, philosophy, languages, history and
such others, of India. These are those that justify the historical-critical
investigation that is contained is the chapter on the development of
Anglo-Indian prose.
