Colonial strangers : women writing the end of the British empire / Phyllis Lassner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lassner, Phyllis.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Huxley, Elspeth, 1907-1997--Criticism and interpretation.

Huxley, Elspeth.

Bottome, Phyllis, 1882-1963--Criticism and interpretation.

Bottome, Phyllis.

Godden, Rumer, 1907-1998--Criticism and interpretation.

Godden, Rumer.

Manning, Olivia--Criticism and interpretation.

Manning, Olivia.

English fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

English fiction.

Imperialism in literature.

Decolonization--Great Britain--Colonies--History--20th century.

Decolonization.

Women and literature--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Women and literature.

English fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.

Decolonization in literature.

Colonies in literature.

Sex role in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This title aims to revolutionize modern British literary studies by showing how our interpretations of the postcolonial must confront World War II and the Holocaust. Lassner's analysis reveals how writers such as Muriel Spark, Olivia Manning, Rumer Godden, Phyllis Bottome, Elspeth Huxley and Zadie Smith insist that World War II is critical to understanding how and why the British Empire had to end. to the end of fascism. Drawing on memoirs, fiction, reportage and film adaptations, the book explores the critical perspectives of women who are passionately engaged with Britian's struggle to yield the last vestiges of imperial power. British women as agents of imperialism by questioning their own participation in British claims of moral righteousness and British politics of cultural exploitation. The authors discussed take centre stage in debates about connections between the racist ideologies of the Third Reich and the British Empire.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: Strangers at the Gates: The Middle East

Olivia Manning: The Gates Besieged-World War II

Muriel Spark and Ethel Mannin: The Gates Breached and the Struggle for Postcolonial Identity

Chapter 2: Strangers in a Walled Garden: Rumer Godden's Anglo-India

Chapter 3: Red Strangers: Elspeth Huxley's Africa

Chapter 4: Island Strangers: Phyllis Shand Allfrey and Phyllis Bottome

Conclusion

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-235) and index.

ISBN:

0-8135-6656-8

0-8135-3641-3

OCLC:

614527111