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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808917603321

Autore

Lassner Phyllis

Titolo

Colonial strangers:  women writing the end of the British empire [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Brunswick, NJ, USA, : Rutgers University Press, 20040701

Rutgers University Press

ISBN

0-8135-6656-8

0-8135-3641-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Disciplina

820.9/358

Soggetti

LITERARY CRITICISM

Women Authors

English fiction - History and criticism - 20th century - Great Britain

Imperialism in literature - Colonies - History - 20th century - Great Britain

Decolonization - History - 20th century

Women and literature - Women authors - History and criticism

English fiction

Decolonization in literature

Colonies in literature

Sex role in literature

English Literature

English

Languages & Literatures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Strangers at the Gates: The Middle East -- Olivia Manning: The Gates Besieged-World War II -- Muriel Spark and Ethel Mannin: The Gates Breached and the Struggle for Postcolonial Identity -- Chapter 2: Strangers in a Walled Garden: Rumer Godden's Anglo-India -- Chapter 3: Red Strangers: Elspeth Huxley's Africa -- Chapter 4: Island Strangers: Phyllis Shand Allfrey and Phyllis Bottome -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References --



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