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The dream life of citizens : late Victorian novels and the fantasy of the state / Zarena Aslami.
LIBRA PR878.P6 A85 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aslami, Zarena.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Politics and literature--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Politics and literature.
- Great Britain.
- History.
- English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
- English fiction.
- Schreiner, Olive, 1855-1920. Story of an African farm.
- Schreiner, Olive.
- Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928. Woodlanders.
- Hardy, Thomas.
- Gissing, George, 1857-1903. Odd women.
- Gissing, George.
- Grand, Sarah. Heavenly twins.
- Grand, Sarah.
- State, The, in literature.
- Social problems in literature.
- Afghanistan--In literature.
- Afghanistan.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 191 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Late Victorian novels and the fantasy of the state
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Fordham University Press, 2012.
- Summary:
- Written for an academic audience with a literary and cultural studies background, this book examines the role of state fantasy production in Victorian novels and literature, differentiating state from nation fantasy. Chapter one focuses on Schreiner's The Story of an African Farm as an imperial origin story. Chapter two explores Victorian Afghanistan while chapter three is concerned with the sympathetic liberal state in Hardy's The Woodlanders. Chapter four examines Gissing's The Odd Women and chapter five explores hysterical citizenship in Grand's The Heavenly Twins. Notes and a bibliography are included. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- Introduction : the lyricism of the State
- An imperial origin story : aloof rule in Schreiner's The story of an African farm
- "Rather a geographical expression than a country" : State fantasy and the production of Victorian Afghanistan
- The rise of The State as a sympathetic liberal subject in Hardy's The woodlanders
- The space of optimism : State fantasy and the case of Gissing's The odd women
- Hysterical citizenship in Grand's The heavenly twins
- Coda.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780823241996
- 0823241998
- OCLC:
- 758098741
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