Romantic Literature and Postcolonial Studies Contributor(s): A. Bohls, Elizabeth (Author) |
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ISBN: 074864198X ISBN-13: 9780748641987 Publisher: Edinburgh University Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Reference |
Dewey: 820.935 |
Series: Postcolonial Literary Studies (Paperback) |
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6" W x 9.2" (0.80 lbs) 224 pages |
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Publisher Description: Examines the relationship between Romantic writing and the rapidly expanding British Empire Literature played a crucial role in constructing and contesting the modern culture of empire that was fully in place by the start of the Victorian period. Postcolonial criticism's concern with issues of geopolitics, race and gender, subalternity and exoticism shape discussions of works by major authors such as Blake, Coleridge, Percy and Mary Shelley, Austen and Scott, as well as their less familiar contemporaries. Key Features:
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