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X marks the spot : women writers map the Empire for British children, 1790-1895 / Megan A. Norcia.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Norcia, Megan A., 1976-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- English literature--Women authors.
- Children--Books and reading--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Children.
- Children--Books and reading.
- Great Britain.
- History.
- Women and literature--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Women and literature.
- Children's literature, English--History and criticism.
- Children's literature, English.
- Didactic literature, English--History and criticism.
- Didactic literature, English.
- Geography in literature.
- National characteristics, British, in literature.
- Imperialism in literature.
- Sex role in literature.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 260 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Athens : Ohio University Press, [2010]
- Contents:
- Introduction: mapping imperial hierarchies and ruling the world
- The dysfunctional "family of man": Mary Anne Venning and Barbara Hofland classify human races in pre-darwinian primers
- Place settings at the imperial dinner party: hierarchies of consumption in the works of Favell Lee Mortimer, Sarah Lee, and Priscilla Wakefield
- Terra incognita: the gendering of geographic experience in the works of Barbara Hofland, Priscilla Wakefield, Mary H.C. Legh, Lucy Wilson, Mrs. E. Burrows, and Maria Hack
- "Prisoners in its spatial matrix"? resisting imperial geography in thirdspace
- Conclusion: contextualizing archival recovery.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780821419076
- 0821419072
- 9780821443538
- 0821443534
- OCLC:
- 475442785
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