SexViolHist Bib: Representations: Literary Texts: Paul Scott

Paul Mark Scott (25 March 1920 – 1 March 1978) was an English novelist best known for his tetralogy The Raj Quartet. In the last years of his life, his novel Staying On won the Booker Prize (1977). The series of books was dramatised by Granada Television during the 1980s and won Scott the public and critical acclaim that he had not received during his lifetime.
Born in suburban London, Scott was posted to India, Burma and Malaya during World War II. On return to London he worked as a notable literary agent, before deciding to write full time from 1960. In 1964 he returned to India for a research trip, though he was struggling with ill health and alcoholism. From the material gathered he created the novels that would become The Raj Quartet. In the final years of his life he accepted a visiting professorship at the University of Tulsa, where much of his private archive is held.»« (Extract from: Wikipedia)

The Raj Quartet

I n f o r m a t i o n

»The Raj Quartet is a four-volume novel sequence, written by Paul Scott, about the concluding years of the British Raj in India. The series was written during the period 1965–75. The Times called it "one of the most important landmarks of post-war fiction."« (Extract from: Wikipedia)

K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Modern History: 20^th Century

II. Geographical Index: Asian History: Indian History | European History: English History

III. Topical Index: Cases: Fictional Victims: Daphne Manners | Types: Offenders / Victims: Interracial Rape

B i b l i o g r a p h y

The Jewel in the Crown

I. Author Index

[Info] Chandra, Giti. »Why do white women get raped in Raj Nostalgia literature? Violence, gender, and the decolonisation of trauma.« Decolonial Feminisms, Decolonising Feminisms: Transnational Perspectives. Edited by Deevia Bhana et al. London 2026: 188-202.

[Info] Haswell, Janis E. »Images of rape and buggery. Paul Scott’s view of the dual evils of empire.« Studies in the novel 33 (2001): 202-223.

[Info] Mohanram, Radhika. »White sex. Rape and race in Paul Scott’s The Raj Quartet.« New literatures review 41 (2004): 65-84.

II. Speaker Index