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Allegories of empire : the figure of woman in the colonial text / Jenny Sharpe.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sharpe, Jenny.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Colonies in literature.
- English fiction--History and criticism.
- English fiction.
- Imperialism in literature.
- Women and literature--Great Britain--Colonies.
- Women and literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (204 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1993.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Brings the historical memory of the 1857 Indian Mutiny to bear upon the theme of rape in British and Anglo-Indian fiction.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: Neocolonial Conditions of Reading; 2. The Rise of Women in an Age of Progress; 3. The Civilizing Mission Disfigured; 4. The Rise of Memsahibs in an Age of Empire: On the Face of the Waters; 5. The Unspeakable Limits of Civility: A Passage to India; 6. The Ruins of Time: The Jewel in the Crown; Appendix; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780816684281
- 0816684286
- OCLC:
- 236342918
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