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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781644503321

Autore

Kuchta Todd <1970->

Titolo

Semi-detached empire [[electronic resource] ] : suburbia and the colonization of Britain, 1880 to the present / / Todd Kuchta

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2010

ISBN

1-280-49014-4

9786613585370

0-8139-2958-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Disciplina

823/.9109355

Soggetti

English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism

English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism

Degeneration in literature

Regression (Civilization) in literature

Suburbs in literature

Suburban life in literature

Literature and society - Great Britain - History

Great Britain In literature

Great Britain Civilization 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Semi-detached empire -- Reverse colonization in The War of the worlds -- Sherlock Holmes and the case of the Anglo-Indian -- Outposts of progress: Joseph Conrad's suburban speculation -- Beyond the abyss: degeneracy and death in the Edwardian suburb -- Ressentiment and late-imperial fiction -- George Orwell and the road to West Bletchley -- Epilogue: "In the blood and not on the skin."