Modernism and the post-colonial : literature and Empire, 1885-1930 /

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This book considers the shifts in aesthetic representation over the period 1885-1930 that coincide both with the rise of literary Modernism and imperialism's high point. If it is no coincidence that the rise of the novel accompanied the expansion of empire in the eighteenth-century, then the hi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Childs, Peter, 1962-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Continuum, 2007.
Series:Continuum literary studies.
Subjects:
1800-1999
Geschichte 1885-1930.
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
English fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Modernism (Literature)
Literature and history > Commonwealth countries.
Imperialism in literature.
Colonies in literature.
Postcolonialism in literature.
Roman anglais > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Roman anglais > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Modernisme (Littérature)
Littérature et histoire > Pays du Commonwealth.
Impérialisme dans la littérature.
Colonies dans la littérature.
Postcolonialisme dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Colonies in literature
English fiction
Imperialism in literature
Literature and history
Postcolonialism in literature
Literatur
Imperialismus > Motiv
Kolonialismus > Motiv
Englisch
Commonwealth countries
Englisch.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Victorian and modernist adventures
  • 1. Sons and daughters of the late colonialism
  • 2. The anxiety of Indian encirclement
  • 3. Mongrel figures frozen in contemplative irony
  • 4. Naked and veiled geographical violence
  • 5. The materialized tower of the past
  • Conclusion. Peripheral vision into the 1930s.

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