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Record Nr.

UNINA9910466336103321

Autore

Moore Grace <1974-, >

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-25792-0

1-351-94450-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (223 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

The Nineteenth Century Series

Disciplina

823/.8

Soggetti

Imperialism in literature

Literature and society - England - History - 19th century

Social classes in literature

Colonies in literature

Race in literature

Electronic books.

India In literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"An Ashgate book"--cover.

First published 2004 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.