Images of India in British Fiction: Anglo-India vs. the Metropolis

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Contents
1. Introduction
2. Theoretical Background
	2.1 Definitions of ‘Orientalism’
	2.2 Said’s Predecessors
	2.3 The Role of Fiction in Orientalist Discourse
	2.4 The Image of India in British Fiction - Criticism
3. The Traditional Image of India
4. The Image of India in Anglo-Indian Fiction
	4.1 A Feeling of Melancholy
	4.2 Physical India
	4.3 Psychological Challenges
	4.4 The Anglo-Indian Self-Image
	4.5 The Christian Mission
	4.6 Indians in Anglo-Indian Fiction
	4.7 Different Groups of ‘Natives’
	4.8 ‘Native’ Stock Characters
	4.9 Indians ‘in General’
	4.10 Britons and Indians
	4.11 The Political Struggle
	4.12 The Benefits of British Rule
5. The Image of India in Metropolitan Fiction
	5.1 A Feeling of Melancholy
	5.2 Physical India
	5.3 Psychological Challenges
	5.4 The Image of the Anglo-Indian Community
	5.5 The Christian Mission
	5.6 Indians in Metropolitan Fiction
	5.7 Different Groups of ‘Natives’
	5.8 ‘Native’ Stock Characters
	5.9 Indians ‘in General’
	5.10 Britons and Indians
	5.11 The Political Struggle
	5.12 The Benefits of British Rule
6. Conclusion
7. Appendix - Summaries
	7.1 Afghan: "Exploits of Asaf Khan" (1922)
	7.2 Arnold, W. D.: "Oakfield; or, Fellowship in the East" (1854)
	7.3  Candler, Edmund: "Siri Ram - Revolutionist: A Transcript from Life 1907–1910" (1912)
	7.4 Croker, B. M.: "In Old Madras" (1913)
	7.5 Diver, "Maud: Captain Desmond, V.C." (1913)
	7.6 Forrest, R. E.: "Eight Days" (1891)
	7.7 Hockley, W. B.: "The English in India" (1828)
	7.8 Horne, M. J.: "The Adventures of Naufragus" (1827)
	7.9  Kaye, J. W.: "Long Engagements; a Tale of the  Affghan Rebellion" (1846)
	7.10 Lang, John: "Will He Marry Her?" (1858)
	7.11 Mason, Philip: "The Wild Sweet Witch" (1947)
	7.12 Money, Edward: "The Wife and the Ward" (1859)
	7.13 Perrin, Alice: "Government House" (1925)
	7.14  Sherwood, Mary Martha: "Little Henry and His  Bearer Boosy" (1815)
	7.15 Steel, Flora Annie: "On the Face of the Waters" (1896)
	7.16 Taylor, Meadows: "Seeta" (1881)
	7.17 Weston, Christine: "Indigo" (1943)
	7.18 Wren, Percival Christopher: "Driftwood Spars" (1912)
	7.19 Yeats-Brown, F.: "Bengal Lancer" (1930)
	7.20 Dell, Ethel M.: "The Way of an Eagle" (1912)
	7.21  Fenn, George Manville: "Begumbagh: A Tale of the  Indian Mutiny" (1893)
	7.22  Grant, James: "First Love and Last Love: A Tale of the Indian Mutiny" (1868)
	7.23 Grier, Sydney: "Like Another Helen" (1899)
	7.24 Grier, Sydney: "The Advanced Guard" (1903)
	7.25 Kingsley, Henry: "Stretton" (1869)
	7.26 Kingston, W. H. G.: "The Young Rajah" (1876)
	7.27  Lawrence, George Alfred: "Maurice Dering; or, the Quadrilateral" (1864)
	7.28 Yonge, Charlotte M.: "The Young Step-Mother" (1905)
8. Glossary of Anglo-Indian Words
9. Works Cited
	9.1 Anglo-Indian Fiction
	9.2 Metropolitan Fiction, Poetry, and Drama
	9.3 Criticism
	9.4 General