Edgar Allan Poe´s "A Tale of the Ragged Mountains", Macaulay and Warren Hastings: From Orientalism to Globalisation?
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2007
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Conference Paper
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Edgar Allan Poe; Thomas Babington Macaulay; Warren Hastings; Orientalism; India
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Literature
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English
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103-433-261
(Last edited on
2007/03/11 03:57:23 GMT-6)
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ABSTRACT:
This paper examines Edgar Allan Poe´s short story of 1843, "A Tale of the Ragged Mountains" - Poe´s only India-themed text, a tale which straddles the UK, the US and India and has marked dream characteristics. It is shown how the Indian passages derive heavily from a text on Warren Hastings by Thomas Macaulay. The elements of orientalism (in the sense defined by Edward Said) in Poe´s text are analysed, and placed in conjunction with another text by Macaulay, his famous "Minute on Indian Education". It is suggested that the textual dynamics of Poe´s dream-tale ultimately subvert the orientalist surface of the narration and surprisingly anticipate elements of India´s active presence in the new globalised economy that is now coming into being.
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