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Imperialist
Duncan, Sara Jeannette. Ed(S): Dean, Misao
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Description for Imperialist
Paperback. Editor(s): Dean, Misao. Num Pages: 356 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 355 x 355 x 532. Weight in Grams: 458.
Set in the fictional Ontario town of Elgin at the beginning of the twentieth century, this 1904 novel was in its own time addressed largely to British readers. It has since become a Canadian classic, beloved for its ironic and dryly humorous portrait of small-town life. But The Imperialist is also a fascinating representation of race, gender, and nationalism in Britain's "settler colonies."
This Broadview Edition provides a wealth of contextual material invaluable to understanding the novel's historical context, and particularly the debate, central to the story, over Edwardian Canada's role in the British Empire. This edition includes a ... Read more
Set in the fictional Ontario town of Elgin at the beginning of the twentieth century, this 1904 novel was in its own time addressed largely to British readers. It has since become a Canadian classic, beloved for its ironic and dryly humorous portrait of small-town life. But The Imperialist is also a fascinating representation of race, gender, and nationalism in Britain's "settler colonies."
This Broadview Edition provides a wealth of contextual material invaluable to understanding the novel's historical context, and particularly the debate, central to the story, over Edwardian Canada's role in the British Empire. This edition includes a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
Number of Pages
356
Place of Publication
Peterborough, Canada
ISBN
9781551115405
SKU
V9781551115405
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About Duncan, Sara Jeannette. Ed(S): Dean, Misao
Misao Dean is a Professor of English at the University of Victoria. She has published widely on Canadian literature of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Reviews for Imperialist
“Despite its literary excellence, The Imperialist can be a challenging book. The thoughtful notation and well-chosen appendices of this edition do much to overcome the distance created by the passage of a century that saw dramatic changes in ideas and social expectations. Misao Dean enables us to appreciate Sara Jeannette Duncan as a sophisticated woman who adhered to some values ... Read more