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The colonial rise of the novel / Firdous Azim.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Azim, Firdous, 1952-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855--Political and social views.
- Brontë, Charlotte.
- English fiction--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
- English fiction.
- Feminism and literature--Great Britain--History.
- Feminism and literature.
- Literature and society--Great Britain--History.
- Literature and society.
- Women and literature--Great Britain--History.
- Women and literature.
- Social problems in literature.
- Imperialism in literature.
- Colonies in literature.
- Sex role in literature.
- First person narrative.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (264 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1993.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this challening book, Firdous Azim, provides a feminist critique of orthodox accounts of the `rise of the novel' and exposes the underlying orientalist assumptions of the early English novel. Whereas previous studies have emphasized the universality of the coherent and consistent subject which found expression in the novels of the eighteenth century, Azim demonstrtes how certain categories: women and people of colour, were silenced and excluded. The Colonial Rise of the Novel makes an important and provocative contribution to post-colonial and feminist criticism. It will be essenti
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; THE SUBJECT/S OF THE NOVEL; SLAVERY AND SEXUALITY IN OROONOKO; DANGEROUS IDENTITY The many disguises of Roxana; CHARLOTTE BRONTE/CURRER BELL Sexuality, the text and the woman novelist; THE BRONTE CHILDREN AT PLAY; THE POLITICS OF LANGUAGE IN THE PROFESSOR; REREADING FEMINISM'S TEXTS Jane Eyre and Shirley; LANGUAGE, SUBJECTIVITY AND LITERATURE: An afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-243) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-44272-7
- 1-134-86608-9
- 1-134-86607-0
- 9786610442720
- 0-203-20259-7
- 9780203202593
- OCLC:
- 646717807
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