LEADER 03717nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910953577303321 005 20251116152203.0 010 $a0-8135-6656-8 010 $a0-8135-3641-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000033576 035 $a(OCoLC)614527111 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10075344 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000124932 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11136719 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000124932 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10023906 035 $a(PQKB)11641543 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3032097 035 $a(BIP)77576882 035 $a(BIP)9043245 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000033576 100 $a20030909d2004 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aColonial strangers $ewomen writing the end of the British empire /$fPhyllis Lassner 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRutgers University Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (253 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a0-8135-3416-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 223-235) and index. 327 $aIntro -- 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 -- Index. 330 $aThis title aims to revolutionize modern British literary studies by showing how our interpretations of the postcolonial must confront World War II and the Holocaust. Lassner's analysis reveals how writers such as Muriel Spark, Olivia Manning, Rumer Godden, Phyllis Bottome, Elspeth Huxley and Zadie Smith insist that World War II is critical to understanding how and why the British Empire had to end. to the end of fascism. Drawing on memoirs, fiction, reportage and film adaptations, the book explores the critical perspectives of women who are passionately engaged with Britian's struggle to yield the last vestiges of imperial power. British women as agents of imperialism by questioning their own participation in British claims of moral righteousness and British politics of cultural exploitation. The authors discussed take centre stage in debates about connections between the racist ideologies of the Third Reich and the British Empire. 606 $aEnglish fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aImperialism in literature 606 $aDecolonization$zGreat Britain$xColonies$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aWomen and literature$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aEnglish fiction$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aDecolonization in literature 606 $aColonies in literature 606 $aSex role in literature 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aImperialism in literature. 615 0$aDecolonization$xColonies$xHistory 615 0$aWomen and literature$xHistory 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aDecolonization in literature. 615 0$aColonies in literature. 615 0$aSex role in literature. 676 $a820.9/358 700 $aLassner$b Phyllis$01870950 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910953577303321 996 $aColonial strangers$94479539 997 $aUNINA