The Novel and the Menagerie : Totality, Englishness, and Empire /

The Novel and the Menagerie : Totality, Englishness, and Empire /

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"The first comprehensive account of the relation of collections of imperial beasts to narrative practices in England, The Novel and the Menagerie explores an array of imaginative responses to the empire as a dominant, shaping factor in English daily life. Kurt Koenigsberger argues that domestic...

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Main Author: Koenigsberger, Kurt
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbus : Ohio State University Press, 2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Engelsk litteratur > historia > 1900-talet.
Engelsk litteratur > historia > 1800-talet.
Nationell identitet i litteraturen.
Nationalkaraktär i litteraturen.
Whole and parts (Philosophy) in literature.
Social institutions in literature.
National characteristics, English, in literature.
Literature and society.
Imperialism in literature.
Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature.
English fiction.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Imperialisme dans la litterature.
Institutions sociales dans la litterature.
Litterature et societe > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Litterature et societe > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Identite dans la litterature.
Anglais dans la litterature.
Roman anglais > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Roman anglais > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
English fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Great Britain.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • The novel as zoo: animal stories and English style
  • Picturing Britannia's menagerie: the aesthetics of the imperial whole
  • Circuses in cabinets: the Victorian novelist as beast tamer
  • Elephants in the labyrinth of empire: Arnold Bennett, modernism, and the menagerie
  • Monsters on the verandah of realism: Virginia Woolf's empire exhibition
  • The "Anglepoised" novel after empire: English creatures and postcolonial exhibition
  • Small islands, frozen arks.

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