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Britain's Imperial Muse - The Classics, Imperialism, and the Indian Empire, 1784-1914 (Hardcover)
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Britain's Imperial Muse - The Classics, Imperialism, and the Indian Empire, 1784-1914 (Hardcover)
Series: Britain and the World
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Located at the intersection of British imperial and cultural
history, and classical reception studies, Britain's Imperial Muse
explores the classics' contribution to Britain's culture of
imperialism and to the experience of empire in India through the
long nineteenth century. Dismissing grammar-grind stereotypes, this
study argues that classical education left powerful images of
empire in many students destined to play a part in Britain's
imperial drama; and that these classically founded images
constituted a key pillar of British imperial identity. But it
simultaneously acknowledges the classics' role as a rhetorical
arsenal used and abused by commentators to justify imperial
domination, particularly of India. In its final act, the book
follows the classics to India, where they provided knowledge of
Indian civilization, defined and maintained the cultural solidarity
of the imperial elite, entrenched the 'difference' of Indians, and
helped Britons cope with the social, physical, and cultural
alienations of life in India.
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