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Confessions of a Thug by Philip Meadows Taylor PB 1st printing 2010
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- “Reprint of a 1839 novel”
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- Illustrated
- ISBN
- 9781609279950
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cognella, Inc.
ISBN-10
1609279956
ISBN-13
9781609279950
eBay Product ID (ePID)
92496102
Product Key Features
Publication Year
2010
Subject
Teaching Methods & Materials / Language Arts
Number of Pages
560 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Confessions of a Thug
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Education
Format
Trade Paperback
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
Synopsis
Set in a British prison in Sagar, India in 1832, and inspired by actual events, Confessions of a Thug (1839) is the picaresque tale of north Indian Thug Ameer Ali, who strangled over seven hundred people in his lifetime. Kidnapped as a child by a criminal gang devoted to the Hindu goddess Kali, Ameer Ali recounts how he rose to prominence as a Thug leader, how he fell ignominiously from power, and how he took vengeance on his enemies. Hero and villain, victim and victimizer, Ameer Ali is a unique figure in Victorian literature: a charming mass murderer. Confessions of a Thug is a canonical example of British Orientalism, as well as an unsettling invitation to early Victorian readers to identify with an unrepentant predator. Philip Meadows Taylor's Confessions of a Thug : Became the most widely read, influential representation of India in English of the nineteenth century. Introduced "thug" into the English lexicon, and sparked a craze in England for all things Thug-related. Drew attention to the inadequacy of native law enforcement in India, urging the government to allocate more resources to anti-Thugee operations. Stands at the forefront of the reformist campaign to recast British imperialism as a political sure to India's ills. Through the eyes of Ameer Ali, makes the case for a more humane, self-critical imperialism. PHILIP MEADOWS TAYLOR was born in Liverpool in 1808. Sent to India at fifteen to make his fortune, he became a lieutenant in the Nizam of Hyderabad's Army. Fluent in several Eastern languages, Taylor was named Assistant Superintendent of Police for the southwestern districts in the Nizam's Dominions, becoming responsible, at age eighteen, for the safety of over a million people. His investigations of Thuggee ( thagi ), a mysterious murder cult that claimed thousands of lives annually, inspired Confessions of a Thug , which drew attention to the inadequacy of native law enforcement in India. The novel was an immediate success. After serving two decades as an imperial administrator, Taylor moved to Dublin, where he devoted his remaining years to writing novels about British India, including Tara: A Mahratta Tale (1863), Ralph Darnell (1865), and Seeta (1872). He died in 1876., CONFESSIONS OF A THUG PHILIP MEADOWS TAYLOR "Reader, if you can embody these descriptions, you have Ameer Ali before you; and while you gaze on the picture in your imagination and look on the mild and expressive face you may have fancied, you, as I was, would be the last person to think that he was a professed murderer, and one who in the course of his life has committed upwards of seven hundred murders." Set in a British prison in Sagar, India in 1832, and inspired by actual events, Confessions of a Thug (1839) is the picaresque tale of north Indian Thug Ameer Ali, who strangled over seven hundred people in his lifetime. Kidnapped as a child by a criminal gang devoted to the Hindu goddess Kali, Ameer Ali recounts how he rose to prominence as a Thug leader, how he fell ignominiously from power, and how he took vengeance on his enemies. Hero and villain, victim and victimizer, Ameer Ali is a unique figure in Victorian literature: a charming mass murderer. The most famous Anglo-Indian novel of the nineteenth century, Confessions of a Thug is a canonical example of British Orientalism, as well as an unsettling invitation to early Victorian readers to identify with an unrepentant predator. PHILIP MEADOWS TAYLOR was born in Liverpool in 1808. Sent to India at fifteen to make his fortune, he became a lieutenant in the Nizam of Hyderabad's Army. Fluent in several Eastern languages, Taylor was named Assistant Superintendent of Police for the southwestern districts in the Nizam's Dominions, becoming responsible, at age eighteen, for the safety of over a million people. His investigations of Thuggee (thagi), a mysterious murder cult that claimed thousands of lives annually, inspired Confessions of a Thug, which drew attention to the inadequacy of native law enforcement in India. The novel was an immediate success. After serving two decades as an imperial administrator, Taylor moved to Dublin, where he devoted his remaining years to writing novels about British India, including Tara: A Mahratta Tale (1863), Ralph Darnell (1865), and Seeta (1872). He died in 1876. MATTHEW KAISER is Associate Professor of English at Harvard University.
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