Rule Britannia: Women, Empire, and Victorian Writing

Deirdre David

Published by Cornell University Press 1995

Rule Britannia

Women, Empire, and Victorian Writing

Deirdre David

https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501723674

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About this book

Deirdre David here explores women's role in the literature of the colonial and imperial British nation, both as writers and as subjects of representation.

Author / Editor information

Deirdre David is Professor of English at Temple University. She is the author of Intellectual Women and Victorian Patriarchy: Harriet Martineau, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, George Eliot, also from Cornell, and associate editor of The Columbia History of the British Novel.

Reviews

Martha Vicinus:

Outstanding.... David shines in her close readings of particular texts and her rich cross-referencing to the present.... Her book contributes to our understanding of the complex interrelationships of gender, class, and race.... The sophistication and clarity of this work provides us with a model of thoughtful, theoretically informed criticism. I strongly recommend this book to anyone interested in Victorian literature.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
ILLUSTRATIONS Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
PREFACE Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
INTRODUCTION. Tropical Fruit in Brixton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
CHAPTER ONE. The Invasion of Empire: Thomas Macaulay and Emily Eden Go to India Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
CHAPTER TWO. The Heart of the Empire: Little Nell and Florence Dombey Do Their Bit Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
CHAPTER THREE. The Governess of Empire: Jane Eyre Takes Care of India and Jamaica Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
CHAPTER FOUR. Babu Kalicharan Banerjee Puts His Arm around Miss Mary Pigot Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
CHAPTER FIVE. Laboring for the Empire: Old Patriarchy and New Imperialism in Tennyson and H. Rider Haggard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
CONCLUSION. "Material Interest": Emilia Gould Sums It Up Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
Works Cited Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231

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Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 256
Illustrations
- Other: 7 halftones
Keywords: Literary Studies; Gender Studies

eBook

Published: October 18, 2018
ISBN: 9781501723674