Publication

2009 - Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, Scotland

Language

English

Word Count

45,000 words, Guess

Page Count

180 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100748633030
  • ISBN-100748633049
  • ISBN-139780748633036
  • ISBN-139780748633043
  • Library of Congress Control Number2009483486
and 4 more
  • OCLC Control Number315479362
  • Better World Books9780748633036
  • Better World Books9780748633043
  • Open LibraryOL23967561M

Classifications

  • LCCPR468.I49 B73 2009

Description

"This book examines the relationship between the British Empire and Victorian literature. It explains how Victorian literature both gave expression to pro-imperialist themes, and engaged with forms of opposition to the empire like abolitionism and early Indian nationalism. Victorian literature is analyzed in relation to key debates in postcolonial studies about Orientalism, race, gender, Marxism, subalterneity, imperial historiography, mimicry and representation. And there are in-depth examinations of works by major Victorian authors in an imperial context, notably those of Dickens, Charlotte Bronte, Disraeli, Tennyson, Yeats, Kipling and Conrad."--Jacket.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Postcolonial literary studies

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