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Chapter 7 - Hinduism

from Part I - Historical Developments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2021

Jeffrey W. Barbeau
By
Nishi Pulugurtha
Jeffrey W. Barbeau
Affiliation:
Wheaton College, Illinois
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Summary

The colonial encounter with India in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries brought the British in contact with new ideas, philosophy, and a new religion. This interface between Britain and India and the subsequent interest in, study, and translation of Hindu and Sanskrit texts by British officials and scholars greatly influenced British Romantic poets writing in the nineteenth century. This engagement also shaped Indians writing in the English language. This essay examines this interface and the influence of Hinduism on British Romantic literature.

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British RomanticismHinduismIndiaWilliam JonesUpanishadsVedantaOrientalism
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The Cambridge Companion to British Romanticism and Religion , pp. 105 - 120
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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  • Hinduism
  • Jeffrey W. Barbeau, Wheaton College, Illinois
  • Book: The Cambridge Companion to British Romanticism and Religion
  • Online publication: 01 October 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108609661.007
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  • Jeffrey W. Barbeau, Wheaton College, Illinois
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  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108609661.007
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  • Hinduism
  • Jeffrey W. Barbeau, Wheaton College, Illinois
  • Book: The Cambridge Companion to British Romanticism and Religion
  • Online publication: 01 October 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108609661.007
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