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Wendy S. . Ed(S): Jacobson - Dickens and the Children of Empire - 9780333770443 - V9780333770443
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Dickens and the Children of Empire

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Description for Dickens and the Children of Empire Hardback. Dickens and the Children of Empire examines the themes of childhood and empire throughout Dickens' oeuvre. The prestigious group of contributors initiate and extend debates on the subjects of post-colonialism, literature of the child and present childhood as an apt metaphor for the colonized subject in Dickens' work. Editor(s): Jacobson, Wendy S. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; HBTQ; HBTR; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 435.
Dickens and the Children of Empire examines the themes of childhood and empire throughout Dickens' oeuvre. The prestigious group of contributors initiate and extend debates on the subjects of post-colonialism, literature of the child and present childhood as an apt metaphor for the colonized subject in Dickens' work.

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
221
Condition
New
Number of Pages
211
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333770443
SKU
V9780333770443
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About Wendy S. . Ed(S): Jacobson
BILL ASHCROFT Lecturer, University of New South Wales, Sydney MURRAY BAUMGARTEN Founding Director of the Dickens Project and Lecturer at Santa Cruz campus, University of California JOHN BOWEN Lecturer in English, Keele University ANTHONY CHENNELLS Researcher and Author KATE FLINT Reader in English, University of Oxford CATHERINE GALLAGHER Eggers Professor of English Literature, University of California, Berkeley JAMES R. KINCAID ... Read more

Reviews for Dickens and the Children of Empire
'In their many and varied ways, the articles in Dickens and the Children of Empire interrogate modern constructions of childhood and empire, as espoused or subverted in works by writers such as Dickens, and examine the relationship between images of infantilism and imperialism. All of the articles in this diverse and imaginative collection will prove an invaluable resource for any ... Read more

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