04333nam 22008651c 450 991081801680332120200115203623.01-4411-8770-71-4725-4266-51-280-57870-X97866136084681-4411-9778-810.5040/9781472542663(CKB)2550000000101362(EBL)918759(OCoLC)793996906(SSID)ssj0000663666(PQKBManifestationID)11384897(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000663666(PQKBWorkID)10612491(PQKB)10197304(MiAaPQ)EBC918759(Au-PeEL)EBL918759(CaPaEBR)ebr10562619(CaONFJC)MIL360846(OCoLC)944224704(UtOrBLW)bpp09255854(MiAaPQ)EBC6162373(MiAaPQ)EBC1744030(Au-PeEL)EBL1744030(OCoLC)884017309(EXLCZ)99255000000010136220140929d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNeo-victorianism and the memory of empire Elizabeth Ho1st ed.New York Continuum 2012.1 online resource (257 p.)Continuum literary studiesDescription based upon print version of record.1-4725-2552-3 1-4411-6155-4 Includes bibliographical references and indexNeo-victorianism and 'ripperature:' Alan Moore's From Hell -- Neo-victorianism down under: Peter Carey's Jack Maggs -- Neo-victorianism south of nowhere: Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace -- 'Far-flung' neo-victorianism: Hong Kong and Jackie Chan's neo-victorian films -- Neo-victorianism and science fiction: 'steampunk' -- The neo-victorian-at-sea: towards a global memory of the VictorianIntroduction: Neo-Victorianism and Improper Postcolonialisms -- 1. Neo-Victorianism and "Ripperature:" Alan Moore's From Hell -- 2. Neo-Victorianism Down Under: Peter Carey's Jack Maggs -- 3. Neo-Victorianism South of Nowhere: Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace -- 4. "Far-flung" Neo-Victorianism: Hong Kong and Jackie Chan's Neo-Victorian Films -- 5. Neo-Victorianism and Science Fiction: "Steampunk" -- 6. Neo-Victorian-at-Sea: Towards a global "Victorian" -- Bibliography -- IndexExamining the global dimensions of Neo-Victorianism, this book explores how the appropriation of Victorian images in contemporary literature and culture has emerged as a critical response to the crises of decolonization and Imperial collapse.   Neo-Victorianism and the Memory of Empire explores the phenomenon by reading a range of popular and literary Anglophone neo-Victorian texts, including Alan Moore's Graphic Novel From Hell, works by Peter Carey and Margaret Atwood, the films of Jackie Chan and contemporary 'Steampunk' science fiction. Through these readings Elizabeth Ho explores how constructions of popular memory and fictionalisations of the past reflect political and psychological engagements with our contemporary post-Imperial circumstances. Continuum literary studies.Postmodernism (Literature)Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900Literature, Modern21st centuryHistory and criticismPostcolonialism and the artsLiterature, Modern20th centuryHistory and criticismEnglish literature19th centuryInfluenceImperialism in popular cultureLiterature and societyEnglish-speaking countriesPostmodernism (Literature)Literature, ModernHistory and criticism.Postcolonialism and the arts.Literature, ModernHistory and criticism.English literatureInfluence.Imperialism in popular culture.Literature and society809/.9113Ho Elizabeth1707523UtOrBLWUtOrBLWUkLoBPBOOK9910818016803321Neo-victorianism and the memory of empire4095822UNINA