02287nam 2200589Ia 450 991078438040332120230421043927.00-8166-8428-6(CKB)1000000000347216(EBL)310247(OCoLC)236342918(SSID)ssj0000276781(PQKBManifestationID)11239260(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000276781(PQKBWorkID)10233355(PQKB)10437844(MiAaPQ)EBC310247(Au-PeEL)EBL310247(CaPaEBR)ebr10151148(EXLCZ)99100000000034721619921211d1993 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAllegories of empire[electronic resource] the figure of woman in the colonial text /Jenny SharpeMinneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc19931 online resource (204 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-2059-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: Neocolonial Conditions of Reading; 2. The Rise of Women in an Age of Progress; 3. The Civilizing Mission Disfigured; 4. The Rise of Memsahibs in an Age of Empire: On the Face of the Waters; 5. The Unspeakable Limits of Civility: A Passage to India; 6. The Ruins of Time: The Jewel in the Crown; Appendix; Notes; IndexBrings the historical memory of the 1857 Indian Mutiny to bear upon the theme of rape in British and Anglo-Indian fiction.Colonies in literatureEnglish fictionHistory and criticismImperialism in literatureWomen and literatureGreat BritainColoniesColonies in literature.English fictionHistory and criticism.Imperialism in literature.Women and literatureColonies.305.4823.009/352042Sharpe Jenny1476974MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784380403321Allegories of empire3854843UNINA