{"product_id":"the-retrospective-raj-sam-goodman-9781474448758","title":"The Retrospective Raj: Medicine, Literature and History After Empire","description":"\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Retrospective Raj: Medicine, Literature \u0026amp; History After Empire\u003c\/i\u003e undertakes a detailed analysis of the use of medicine as a recurrent and defining trope of post-imperial fiction published between 1950 and 1990. The book argues that during this crucial period of recent history, when the influence and prestige of the British Empire was nearing its end, a range of contemporary novelists including J. G. Farrell, Paul Scott, John Masters, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, and Salman Rushdie identified and used medicine as a discursive paradigm through which to engage critically with the history, authority and legacy of the British Empire within their writing. Drawing on a range of literary and archival sources, this work explores the complex relationship between Britain, India and Empire through a medical lens, bringing together the concerns of literary study and medical history under an interdisciplinary and original methodological framework.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sam Goodman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474448755\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474448758\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.53d","brand":"Sam Goodman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44761421349119,"sku":"9781474448758","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_37e1480f-3163-4b28-8300-9c38a1211720.jpg?v=1706681277","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-retrospective-raj-sam-goodman-9781474448758","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}