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Victorian Literature and Postcolonial Studies / Patrick Brantlinger.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Postcolonial Literary Studies : PLSPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2009Description: 1 online resource (208 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780748633036
  • 9780748633050
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Series Editors’ Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Timeline -- 1 Exploring the Terrain -- 2 Debates -- 3 Case Studies -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Further Reading -- Index
Summary: 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 Brontë, Disraeli, Tennyson, Yeats, Kipling and Conrad.'As a useful compendium for students of culture and imperialism, Victorian Literature and Postcolonial Studies also forcefully reminds Victorianists that they cannot afford to ignore empire in their analyses . The astonishing breadth of works discussed, the range of themes and issues covered, and the extensive bibliographical references appended will make this book an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the intertwined intellectual genealogies of Victorian and postcolonial studies.'Gauri Viswanathan, Class of 1933 Professor in the Humanities, Columbia University'Brantlinger gives a lucid, compelling and witty account of the relations of British imperialism and Victorian literature. He shows how central the Empire was in the cultural production of both canonical and 'genre' literatures, and establishes a wide archive that is of considerable value to students and researchers . He gracefully combines literary, cultural, theoretical and historical dimensions, allowing readers to apply and test the tenets of postcolonial cultural theory by placing it in dialogue with primary materials.'Laura Chrisman, Professor of English, University of Washington
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Series Editors’ Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Timeline -- 1 Exploring the Terrain -- 2 Debates -- 3 Case Studies -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Further Reading -- Index

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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 Brontë, Disraeli, Tennyson, Yeats, Kipling and Conrad.'As a useful compendium for students of culture and imperialism, Victorian Literature and Postcolonial Studies also forcefully reminds Victorianists that they cannot afford to ignore empire in their analyses . The astonishing breadth of works discussed, the range of themes and issues covered, and the extensive bibliographical references appended will make this book an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the intertwined intellectual genealogies of Victorian and postcolonial studies.'Gauri Viswanathan, Class of 1933 Professor in the Humanities, Columbia University'Brantlinger gives a lucid, compelling and witty account of the relations of British imperialism and Victorian literature. He shows how central the Empire was in the cultural production of both canonical and 'genre' literatures, and establishes a wide archive that is of considerable value to students and researchers . He gracefully combines literary, cultural, theoretical and historical dimensions, allowing readers to apply and test the tenets of postcolonial cultural theory by placing it in dialogue with primary materials.'Laura Chrisman, Professor of English, University of Washington

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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