Dickens and empire : discourses of class, race and colonialism in the works of Charles Dickens /

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Charles Dickens' views on class and race have, in the past, been misread. This book does not exonerate him from charges of racism, but examines his changing imaginative engagement with the empire and his complex attitude toward the racial other at key stages of personal, national and global sig...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Moore, Grace, 1974- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Routledge, 2016.
Colección:Nineteenth century (Aldershot, England)
Temas:
Dickens, Charles, > 1812-1870 > Political and social views.
Dickens, Charles, > 1812-1870 > Knowledge > India.
Dickens, Charles, > 1812-1870
1800-1899
Imperialism in literature.
Literature and society > England > History > 19th century.
Social classes in literature.
Colonies in literature.
Race in literature.
Impérialisme dans la littérature.
Littérature et société > Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Classes sociales dans la littérature.
Colonies dans la littérature.
Race dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Colonies in literature
Imperialism in literature
Literature
Literature and society
Political and social views
Race in literature
Social classes in literature
India > In literature.
England
India
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Emigration, transportation, and the problem of closure
  • 2. National identity
  • 3. The racial other
  • 4. Red tape and circumlocution : the Crimean War
  • 5. 'How to make an India pickle'
  • 6. A tale of three revolutions : Dickens's response to the Sepoy Rebellion
  • 7. Containing Cawnpore : the reinvention and reinterpretation of the Indian mutiny
  • 8. The 1860s and the decline of the discourse.

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