This book makes accessible the work of the first Indian to write and publish in English, Dean Mahomed (1759-1851). It also provides a detailed life-history of Dean Mahomed, together with related historical analyses and assessments. His book, The Travels of Dean Mohamet [sic], is reprinted here for the first time since its publication in 1794.
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`Oxford University Press is to be congratulated on publishing The First Indian Author in English. It is the story of a fascinating career, efficiently narrated by Michael H. Fisher in a well-produced work with a scholarly apparatus of notes and some interesting illustrations.' Paul Norris, Asian Affairs, June 1997
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Michael H. Fisher is a Professor of History at Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio.
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A surpassing interest in the first of anything is as old asAdam. Just as we are different from the first man and yet in many waysstill the same, Dean Mohamed is also different from the first of Amitav Ghosh, Arundhati Roy, Vikram Chandra, or Shashi Tharoor... You name them .The main difference is in the use of the language and the market targeted. The similarity lies in the location and contemporary timing of subject matter - their own India!
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Dean Mahomed's writings and his life history reveal the complexity of social interactions within the developing British empire. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
vapour bathing, shampooing baths, medicated vapour, sepoy battalions, respondentia bonds, sepoy units, bath house keepers, vapour baths, regional rulers, third brigade, revenue demands Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Dean Mahomed, English Company, Mahomed's Baths, The First Indian Author, Chayt Singh, The Travels of Dean, English East India Company, Mughal Emperor, Mughal Empire, Nawab of Bengal, William Massey Baker, Godfrey Evan Baker, Abu Talib, Fort William, Hindostanee Coffee House, Royal Army, Captain Baker, Dean Mahomet, Shampooing Surgeon, Godfrey Baker, Major Popham, Mir Kasim, Sake Deen Mahomed, Shitab Rai, Travels of Dean Maliomet New!
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Dean Mahomed's writings and his life history reveal the complexity of social interactions within the developing British empire. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
vapour bathing, shampooing baths, medicated vapour, sepoy battalions, respondentia bonds, sepoy units, bath house keepers, vapour baths, regional rulers, third brigade, revenue demands Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Dean Mahomed, English Company, Mahomed's Baths, The First Indian Author, Chayt Singh, The Travels of Dean, English East India Company, Mughal Emperor, Mughal Empire, Nawab of Bengal, William Massey Baker, Godfrey Evan Baker, Abu Talib, Fort William, Hindostanee Coffee House, Royal Army, Captain Baker, Dean Mahomet, Shampooing Surgeon, Godfrey Baker, Major Popham, Mir Kasim, Sake Deen Mahomed, Shitab Rai, Travels of Dean Maliomet New!
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- Paradise Lost (Penguin Classics) by John Milton on page 84, and page 246
- TOOLS OF WAR by John A. Lynn on page 142, and Back Matter
- On Autobiography (Theory and History of Literature) by Philippe Lejeune on page 246, and Back Matter
- "Race," Writing, and Difference (A Critical Inquiry Book) by Henry Louis Gates Jr. on page 245, and Back Matter
- Imperial Eyes: Travel Writing and Transculturation by Mary Louise Pratt on page 10, and Back Matter
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