Jan 2, 2010

Colonialism | Style

Setting
Colonialist literature was consistently set in the colonies. From a European point of view, colonial territory was singular: colonized land and people all fell in the category of “other,” even for the Europeans living in the colonies. Politically, geographically, and culturally, however, the colonies were widely different. For example, England’s relationship with India began with the spice trade in the sixteenth century, but England did not venture into the African interior until the nineteenth century. India built sophisticated cities that would have been...