Semi-detached empire : suburbia and the colonization of Britain, 1880 to the present / Todd Kuchta.

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--Great Britain--History.

Literature and society.

Great Britain--In literature.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Civilization--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Drawing on postcolonial theory, urban studies, and architectural scholarship, this book will appeal to readers interested in Victorian, modern, and contemporary British literature and cultures, especially those concerned with how place shapes class and masculine identity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

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:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613585370

9781280490149

1280490144

9780813929583

081392958X

OCLC:

755620220