Nancy Henry

George Eliot and the British Empire (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

In this study Nancy Henry introduces a set of facts that place George Eliot's life and work within the contexts of mid-nineteenth-century British colonialism and imperialism. Henry examines Eliot's roles as an investor in colonial stocks, a parent to emigrant sons, and a reader of colonial literature. She highlights the importance of these contexts to our understanding of both Eliot's fiction and her situation within Victorian culture. Henry argues that Eliot's decision to represent the empire only as it infiltrated the imaginations and domestic lives of her characters illuminates the nature of her Realism. The book also re-examines the assumptions of postcolonial criticism about Victorian fiction and its relation to empire.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Januar 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511029394
• Artikelnr.: 38200259

Autorenporträt

NANCY HENRY grew up along lakes and rivers in the South, where she developed a love for open water. For many years, she led a creative team that designed learning programs for national service and educational clients. Currently, she lives in Portland, Oregon, where she bikes, swims and enjoys volunteering.

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
Acknowledgments
List of abbreviations and note on the texts
Introduction
1. Imperial knowledge: George Eliot, G. H. Lewes, and the literature of empire
2. 'Colleagues in failure': emigration and the Lewes boys
3. Investing in empire
4. Daniel Deronda, Impressions of Theophratus Such, and the emergence of imperialism
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index.