War of no pity: the Indian Mutiny and Victorian trauma/

Herbert, Christopher.

War of no pity: the Indian Mutiny and Victorian trauma/ Christopher Herbert. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2008. - 334 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-316) and index.

Introduction: Jingoism, Warmongering, Racism -- Diabolical Possession and the National Conscience -- Three Parables of Violence -- The Culture of Retribution: Capital Punishment, Maurice Dering, Flotsam -- The Mutiny in Victorian Historiography -- The Infernal Kingdom of A Tale of Two Cities -- Lady Audley's Secret: The Mutiny, the Gothic, and the Feminine -- Epilogue: Fiction Fair and Foul: Novels of the Mutiny. Chapter 1. Chapter 2. Chapter 3. Chapter 4. Chapter 5. Chapter 6.

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Literature and history
Polemics in literature
Politics and literature
Great Britain
India
English literature
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