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Semi-detached empire : suburbia and the colonization of Britain, 1880 to the present / Todd Kuchta.
Van Pelt Library PR888.D373 K83 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kuchta, Todd, 1970-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
- English fiction.
- English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
- Degeneration in literature.
- Regression (Civilization) in literature.
- Suburbs in literature.
- Suburban life in literature.
- Literature and society.
- History.
- Great Britain--In literature.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Civilization--20th century.
- Civilization.
- Literature and society--Great Britain--History.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 264 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2010.
- Contents:
- Semi-detached empire
- Reverse colonization in The War of the worlds
- Sherlock Holmes and the case of the Anglo-Indian
- Outposts of progress: Joseph Conrad's suburban speculation
- Beyond the abyss: degeneracy and death in the Edwardian suburb
- Ressentiment and late-imperial fiction
- George Orwell and the road to West Bletchley
- Epilogue: "In the blood and not on the skin"
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813929255
- 0813929253
- 9780813929262
- 0813929261
- 9780813929583
- 081392958X
- OCLC:
- 449283857
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