Victorian Literature and Postcolonial Studies

by Patrick Brantlinger

Book Overview

This book surveys the impact of the British Empire on nineteenth-century British literature from a postcolonial perspective. It explains both pro-imperialist themes and attitudes in works by major Victorian authors, and also points of resistance to and criticisms of the Empire such as abolitionism, as well as the first stirrings of nationalism in India and elsewhere.Using nineteenth-century literary works as illustrations, it analyzes several major...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748633049
• ISBN13: 9780748633043
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher