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Rule Britannia: Women, Empire and Victorian Writing
Deirdre David
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Description for Rule Britannia: Women, Empire and Victorian Writing
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
Deirdre David here explores women's role in the literature of the colonial and imperial British nation, both as writers and as subjects of representation. David's inquiry juxtaposes the parliamentary speeches of Thomas Macaulay and the private letters of Emily Eden, a trial in Calcutta and the missionary literature of Victorian women, writing about thuggee and emigration to Australia. David shows how, in these texts and in novels such as Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, Charles Dickens's Dombey and Son, Wilkie Collins's Moonstone, and H. Rider Haggard's She, the historical and symbolic roles of Victorian women were linked to ... Read more
Deirdre David here explores women's role in the literature of the colonial and imperial British nation, both as writers and as subjects of representation. David's inquiry juxtaposes the parliamentary speeches of Thomas Macaulay and the private letters of Emily Eden, a trial in Calcutta and the missionary literature of Victorian women, writing about thuggee and emigration to Australia. David shows how, in these texts and in novels such as Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, Charles Dickens's Dombey and Son, Wilkie Collins's Moonstone, and H. Rider Haggard's She, the historical and symbolic roles of Victorian women were linked to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801482779
SKU
V9780801482779
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Reviews for Rule Britannia: Women, Empire and Victorian Writing
Outstanding.... David shines in her close readings of particular texts and her rich cross-referencing to the present.... Her book contributes to our understanding of the complex interrelationships of gender, class, and race.... The sophistication and clarity of this work provides us with a model of thoughtful, theoretically informed criticism. I strongly recommend this book to anyone interested in Victorian literature. ... Read more