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The American slave narrative and the Victorian novel [electronic resource] / Julia Sun-Joo Lee.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lee, Julia, 1976-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
- English fiction.
- English literature--American influences.
- English literature.
- Slave narratives.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 192p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The American Slave Narrative and the Victorian Novel investigates the shaping influence of the American slave narrative on the Victorian novel in the years between the British Abolition Act and the American Emancipation Proclamation. The slave narrative becomes part of the textual network of the English novel, making visible how black literary, as well as economic, production contributed to English culture.
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; 1. The Slave Narrative of Jane Eyre; 2. Slaves and Brothers in Pendennis; 3. Female Slave Narratives: "The Grey Woman" and My Lady Ludlow; 4. The Return of the "Unnative": North and South; 5. Fugitive Plots in Great Expectations; Epilogue. The Plot Against England: The Dynamiter; Notes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-49074-5
- 0-19-974528-5
- 9786612490743
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