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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Éadaoin AgnewPublisher: Springer International Publishing AG Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017 Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9783319814506ISBN 10: 3319814508 Pages: 203 Publication Date: 28 July 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand ![]() We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Chapter 1: There’s No Place like Home: Homes and Gardens in Victorian India.- Chapter 2: Good Housekeeping: Household Management and Domestic Organisation.- Chapter 3: Family Ties: Imperial Women as Wives and Mothers.- Chapter 4: Ladies of Leisure: Pastimes, Hobbies and Daily Routines.- Chapter 5: Hot Gossip: Romance and Courtship in Victorian India.- Chapter 6: High Society: Hill Stations and Social Occasions.- Epilogue.- Works Cited.-ReviewsAs a work of literary analysis and a study of cultural history, Agnew's monograph contributes significantly in content and approach to the field of Victorian, postcolonial, and gender studies. Drawing on a substantial body of lesser-known primary works by imperial women writers, and a flourishing subset of secondary scholarship on Empire and women, Agnew produces a volume that is not only critically valuable but also an enjoyable read. (Shuhita Bhattachargee, English Literature in Transition 1880-1920, Vol. 62 (3), 2019) Author InformationÉadaoin Agnew is Senior Lecturer at Kingston University, UK. She studied her BA at Trinity College, Dublin before completing her MA and PhD at Queen’s University, Belfast. She has previously published articles on the travel writing of Lady Hariot Dufferin and Marianne North, and book chapters on travel writing in nineteenth-century Ireland. She is currently working on a scholarly edition of two women travel writers - Mrs A. Deane's A Tour through the Upper Provinces of Hindostan (1823) and Julia Charlotte Maitland's Letters from Madras During the Years 1836-39, by a Lady (1843) - to be published in 2018. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |