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Personal and Political Identity and Disguise in The Tiger of Mysore by G.A. Henty (1832-1902)

Johnson, Rachel (2008) Personal and Political Identity and Disguise in The Tiger of Mysore by G.A. Henty (1832-1902). In: Children’s Literature Association India Conference, January 2008, Mangalore, India. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

This paper was given at the Children’s Literature Association India Conference, Mangalore, January 10 – 12, 2008. It was with some trepidation that I proposed a paper on G. A. Henty for a conference in India. Why? Henty’s stereotypical image is of one who promoted exclusively masculine values in adventure stories written for boys often in the historical setting of the British Empire. Like all stereotypical images, this critique represents a facet of a wider actuality, but it is perhaps, prevalent enough to account for my anxiety. However, since Henty is one of the two authors examined in my current research, I offer this investigation of ‘Personal and Political Identity and Disguise in The Tiger of Mysore (1896).

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Uncontrolled Discrete Keywords: G. A. Henty, personal identity, political identity, disguise, adventure stories, otherness, India, eighteenth century
Subjects: P Language and Literature > PZ Childrens literature
P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN0441 Literary History
P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN0080 Criticism
D History General and Old World > DS Asia
P Language and Literature > PR English literature
Divisions: Central Services > Library Services
Depositing User: Janet Davidson
Date Deposited: 02 Apr 2009 10:39
Last Modified: 08 Jun 2021 09:25
URI: https://eprints.worc.ac.uk/id/eprint/619

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