The Missionary: An Indian Tale

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]

Notes

^ Diane Long Hoeveler; Jeffrey Cass (1 January 2006). "Chapter 8". Interrogating Orientalism: Contextual Approaches and Pedagogical Practices. Ohio State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8142-1032-1.
^ 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.
^ Belanger, Jacqueline E. (2007). Critical Receptions: Sydney Owenson, Lady Morgan. Academica Press, LLC. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-930901-67-4.
^ Shelley, Percy Bysshe (2012). The Complete Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley. JHU Press. pp. 365, 403, 893. ISBN 978-1-4214-1109-5.
^ 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

The Missionary: An Indian Tale Google book

This article about an 1810s novel is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

See guidelines for writing about novels. Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page.

This article about a romance novel is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

See guidelines for writing about novels. Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page.

This article about a European novel is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

See guidelines for writing about novels. Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page.

This Ireland-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] Diane Long Hoeveler; Jeffrey Cass (1 January 2006). "Chapter 8". Interrogating Orientalism: Contextual Approaches and Pedagogical Practices. Ohio State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8142-1032-1.

[2] 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.

[3] Belanger, Jacqueline E. (2007). Critical Receptions: Sydney Owenson, Lady Morgan. Academica Press, LLC. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-930901-67-4.

[4] Shelley, Percy Bysshe (2012). The Complete Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley. JHU Press. pp. 365, 403, 893. ISBN 978-1-4214-1109-5.

[5] 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.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]