{"product_id":"hartly-house-calcutta-phebe-gibbes-9781526134370","title":"Hartly House, Calcutta: Phebe Gibbes","description":"This novel is a designedly political document. Written at the time of the Hastings impeachment and set in the period of Hastings's Orientalist government, Hartly House, Calcutta (1789) represents a dramatic delineation of the Anglo-Indian encounter. The novel constitutes a significant intervention in the contemporary debate concerning the nature of Hastings's rule of India by demonstrating that it was characterised by an atmosphere of intellectual sympathy and racial tolerance. Within a few decades the Evangelical and Anglicising lobbies frequently condemned Brahmans as devious beneficiaries of a parasitic priestcraft, but Phebe Gibbes's portrayal of Sophia's Brahman and the religion he espouses represent a perception of India dignified by a sympathetic and tolerant attempt to dispel prejudice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael J. Franklin is Professor of English in Swansea University, and has published widely upon representations of India\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50524699230482,"sku":"9781526134370","price":48.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_eb5dc12a-2e49-45c6-8280-4c37fb6c3833.jpg?v=1731186380","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hartly-house-calcutta-phebe-gibbes-9781526134370","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}