The Missionary: An Indian Tale
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The Missionary: An Indian Tale (1811) is a sentimental romance novela by Irish author Sydney Owenson (described on the title-page as "Miss Owenson"). The book presents a love story, marked by tragedy, between a Western clergyman and an Indian princess. This forbidden love symbolizes the clash of cultures, with much of the narrative set in the Kashmir Valley, India, during a period of intense political turmoil and religious fervor.[1][2]
Percy Bysshe Shelley admired The Missionary intensely[3] and Owenson's heroine is said to have influenced some of his own orientalist productions.[4]
The author later revised the work, shortly before her death in 1859, renaming it Luxima, the Prophetess.[5]
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- ^ Dabundo, Laura Susan. “‘The Sabbath of the Heart’: Transgressive Love in Lady Morgan’s India.” The Wordsworth Circle, vol. 41, no. 2, 2010, pp. 84–88. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/24043600. Accessed 5 Oct. 2023.
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- ^ Parsons, Cóilín. “‘GREATLY ALTERED’: THE LIFE OF SYDNEY OWENSON’S INDIAN NOVEL.” Victorian Literature and Culture, vol. 38, no. 2, 2010, pp. 373–85. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/25733480. Accessed 5 Oct. 2023.
External links
[edit | edit source]- The Missionary: An Indian Tale Google book
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