Trans-Imperial Feminism in England and India - Catherine Dickens, Marie Corelli, and Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain

This book links the stories, lived and fictional, of Catherine Dickens, Marie Corelli, and Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain to demonstrate the trans-imperial dimensions of gender-based oppression and to trace the emergence of trans-imperial feminist consciousness between England and India.

List of contents

Chapter 1
Catherine Dickens and Imperial Patriarchy
Chapter 2
Marriage as Murder: Marie Corelli's The Murder of Delicia
Chapter 3
Translation and Trans-imperial Protest: Delicia Hatya and Kahake
Interlude
The Rise of the Bengali Novel and the Indian New Woman
Chapter 4
A New Formula for Fiction: Hossain's Padmarag

About the author

Kellie D. Holzer is professor of English and affiliate faculty in the Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Program at Virginia Wesleyan University.

Product details

• Authors: Kellie Holzer
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.12.2024
• EAN: 9781666930054
• ISBN: 978-1-66693-005-4
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Transforming Literary Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist, Feminism & feminist theory, Literature: history & criticism, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women & girls