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

• Autore: Kuchta Todd <1970->
• Pubblicazione: Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Disciplina: 823/.9109355
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain In literature; Great Britain Civilization 20th century
• 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."
• Sommario/riassunto: Drawing on postcolonial theory, urban studies, and architectural scholarship, this book will appeal to readers interested in Victorian, modern, and contemporary British literature and cultures, especially those concerned with how place shapes class and masculine identity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
• Titolo autorizzato: Semi-detached empire
• ISBN: 1-280-49014-4; 9786613585370; 0-8139-2958-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813111803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II