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The language of disenchantment : Protestant literalism and colonial discourse in British India
- Title
- The language of disenchantment : Protestant literalism and colonial discourse in British India / Robert A. Yelle.
- Author
- Yelle, Robert A.
- Publication
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Supplementary Content
- Table of contents
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- Description
- xxii, 298 p.; 24 cm
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p.253-284) and index.
- Contents
- Orientalism and the language of disenchantment -- "A disease of language": the attack on Hindu myth as verbal idolatry -- "One step from Babel to Pentecost": colonial codification, universal languages, and the debate over Roman transliteration -- "Vain repetitions": the attack on Hindu mantras -- The Hindu Moses: Christian polemics against Jewish ritual and the secularization of Hindu law.
- Call Number
- JFE 14-628
- ISBN
- 9780199924998 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0199924996 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9780199925018 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0199925011 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2012003473
- OCLC
- 777327389
- Author
- Yelle, Robert A.
- Title
- The language of disenchantment : Protestant literalism and colonial discourse in British India / Robert A. Yelle.
- Imprint
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p.253-284) and index.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- JFE 14-628