Liberty, Vanity, Unity: Bengali Traveler Mrs. Krishnabhabini Das  on the Nineteenth century Great Britain

Volgina, Elena

doi:10.31857/S086919080000115-3

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Liberty, Vanity, Unity: Bengali Traveler Mrs. Krishnabhabini Das on the Nineteenth century Great Britain

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S086919080000115-3-1

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10.31857/S086919080000115-3

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Elena Volgina Send message

Affiliation: Moscow state Institute of international relations (U), Russian foreign Ministry
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

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Issue 2

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59-70

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This essay deals with the second half of the nineteenth century, when many Indian intellectuals enjoying European education started to see the metropolitan country as the beacon of social and political developments. As far as works of enlighteners and social figures are concerned, it is travel writings of those, who visited Great Britain, that capture my attention as they showcase how complicated their authors’ attitude to the rulers, oppressors and benefactors was. In this respect, analyzing “Bengali Lady in England” by Mrs. Krishnabhabini Das, who lived in London from 1882 to 1890, allows to understand which aspects of British policy at the dawn of the national-liberation struggle were considered by Indian thinkers as either disgraceful or role-model.

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India, travel writing, Krishnabhabini Das, England, image of other, national liberation struggle

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01.10.2018

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22.11.2018

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GOST	Volgina E. Liberty, Vanity, Unity: Bengali Traveler Mrs. Krishnabhabini Das on the Nineteenth century Great Britain // Vostok. Afro-aziatskie obshchestva: istoriia i sovremennost. – 2018. – Issue 2 C. 59-70 . URL: https://vostokoriens.jes.su/s086919080000115-3-1/. DOI: 10.31857/S086919080000115-3
MLA	Volgina, Elena "Liberty, Vanity, Unity: Bengali Traveler Mrs. Krishnabhabini Das on the Nineteenth century Great Britain." Vostok. Afro-aziatskie obshchestva: istoriia i sovremennost. 2 (2018).:59-70. DOI: 10.31857/S086919080000115-3
APA	Volgina E. (2018). Liberty, Vanity, Unity: Bengali Traveler Mrs. Krishnabhabini Das on the Nineteenth century Great Britain. Vostok. Afro-aziatskie obshchestva: istoriia i sovremennost. no. 2, pp.59-70 DOI: 10.31857/S086919080000115-3


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