Geography and the Literary Imagination in Victorian Fictions of Empire: The Poetics of Imperial Space
Author:   Jean Fernandez
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780367409500


Pages:   284
Publication Date:   23 January 2020
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Jean Fernandez
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.512kg
ISBN:  

9780367409500


ISBN 10:   036740950
Pages:   284
Publication Date:   23 January 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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"Introduction. Desert Islands and the Conundrum of Place in R.L.Stevenson’s Treasure Island. Topophilia and the Settler Experience in Olive Schreiner’s The Story of an African Farm. Exploring the Glocal: The Dark Continent and Global Economies in Winwood Reade’s ""Hollowayphobia"" and Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. Mobile Peoples, Mutinous Subjects, and Urban Geographies in Flora Annie Steel’s On the Face of the Waters. The Politics of Region and the Quandaries of Space in Joseph Conrad’s Lord Jim. The Imperial Cure: Eventful Healing, Medical Topographies, and Casteless Utopias in Rudyard Kipling’s Kim. Conclusion."

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Jean Fernandez is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. She received her Ph.D. in English with a specialization in Victorian Literature, from the University of Iowa, where she was a Seashore Dissertation Fellow. She is the author of Victorian Servants, Class, and the Politics of Literacy (Routledge, 2009). Her essays on Victorian fiction, Gender Studies, and Empire Studies have appeared in leading scholarly journals of nineteenth-century British literature.

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