George Eliot and the British Empire (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521808453)

In this innovative study Nancy Henry introduces new facts that place George Eliot's life and work within the contexts of mid-nineteenth-century British colonialism and imperialism. She examines Eliot's roles as an investor in colonial stocks, a parent to emigrant sons, and a reader of colonial literature. She highlights the importance of these contexts to our understanding of Eliot's fiction and her position within Victorian culture. The book also reexamines the assumptions of postcolonial criticism about Victorian fiction and its relation to empire.

Author: Nancy Henry
ISBN-10: 0521808456
ISBN-13: 9780521808453
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/17/2002
Pages: 198
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 9.52h x 6.18w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2002 pg. 278