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Restless travellers : quests for identity across European and American time and space / edited by Antonio Jose Miralles Perez.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Identity (Psychology) in literature.
- Intercultural communication in literature.
- English literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- English literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- American literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (208 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The first part of this book deals with Britain's imperial age, its militants and its critics. The selection of works generates a large field of debate explored using traditional or innovative approaches. The 19th century is presented as a time for writers (J. E. Aylmer, E. Marryat Norris, G. A. Henty, Conan Doyle) who tell stories of Europeans venturing forth into "uncivilised" regions of the world where they meet other races. But writers of a different outlook are also considered. Before the...
- Contents:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; PART I; "DOWN AMONG THE CANNIBALS"; ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE AND THE BOER WAR; "THE RANKNESS OF ENGLISH PAVEMENTS"; ALBERT THE IDIOT AND THE EMPIRE OF CARNIVAL; IDENTITY LOST AND FOUND; UNDER MILK WOOD; "IDENTITY IS A SLIPPERY FISH"; TRANSFORMATRIX; NOTES TO PART I; PART II; THE AFRICAN-AMERICANS' QUEST FOR IDENTITY IN TONI MORRISON'S SONG OF SOLOMON; LITERATURE OF RESISTANCE; A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON THE CAJUN IDENTITY IN ERNEST GAINES'S BLOODLINE; STEREOTYPES VS. HUMANTYPES
- GREEK MYTHS AS SYMBOLS OF ETHNIC HERITAGE AND SOURCES OF IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION IN ARIADNE THOMPSON'S THE OCTAGONAL HEART INTERTEXTUAL COMMUNITIES; IDENTITY CROSSINGS; A HOUSE OF CARDS; DE-HYPHENATING SELF AND TRANS-ING OTHER IN FRED WAH'S DIAMOND GRILL; NOTES TO PART II; CONTRIBUTORS
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-36983-4
- 9786613369833
- 1-4438-3324-X
- OCLC:
- 816878017
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