Imperialism at Home - Race and Victorian Women's Fiction

Susan Meyer is Associate Professor of English at Wellesley College.

Riassunto

The implicit link between white women and "the dark races" recurs persistently in nineteenth-century English fiction. Imperialism at Home examines the metaphorical use of race by three nineteenth-century women novelists: Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, and George Eliot. Susan Meyer argues that each of these domestic novelists uses race...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Susan Meyer
• Editore: Cornell University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.06.1996
• EAN: 9780801482557
• ISBN: 978-0-8014-8255-7
• Pagine: 277
• Dimensioni: 155 mm x 226 mm x 16 mm
• Peso: 384 g
• Serie: Reading Women Writing; Reading Women Writing
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata