
Colonial Strangers
Women Writing the End of the British Empire
Phyllis Lassner(Author)
Rutgers University Press
Will be published approx. on 4. June 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-8135-3417-6 (ISBN)
Description
Colonial Strangers revolutionizes modern British literary studies by showing how our interpretations of the postcolonial must confront World War II and the Holocaust. Phyllis Lassner's analysis reveals how writers such as Muriel Spark, Olivia Manning, Rumer Godden, Phyllis Bottome, Elspeth Huxley, and Zadie Smith insist that World War II is critical to understanding how and why the British Empire had to end.Drawing on memoirs, fiction, reportage, and film adaptations, Colonial Strangers explores the critical perspectives of writers who correct prevailing stereotypes of British women as agents of imperialism. They also question their own participation in British claims of moral righteousness and British politics of cultural exploitation. These authors take center stage in debates about connections between the racist ideologies of the Third Reich and the British Empire.
Colonial Strangers reveals how the literary responses of key artists represent not only compelling reading, but also a necessary intervention in colonial and postcolonial debates and the canons of modern British fiction.
Colonial Strangers reveals how the literary responses of key artists represent not only compelling reading, but also a necessary intervention in colonial and postcolonial debates and the canons of modern British fiction.
Reviews / Votes
Lassner offers very rich readings of a number of highly significant texts, grounded in appropriate critical theories and a rich history. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars alike. - Lisa Paravisini-Gebert (professor of Hispanic Studies, Vassar College)More details
Edition
None edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New Brunswick NJ
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
9 b&w photographs
Dimensions
Height: 227 mm
Width: 163 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
422 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8135-3417-6 (9780813534176)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Phyllis Lassner is the author of British Women Writers of World War II: Battlegrounds of Their Own, The Short Fiction of Elizabeth Bowen, and Elizabeth Bowen. She teaches gender studies, Jewish studies, and writing at Northwestern University.
Content
Strangers at the Gates: the Middle East
Part I. Olivia Manning: The Gates Besieged
World War II
Part II. Muriel Spark and Ethel Mannin: The Gates Breached and the Struggle for Postcolonial Identity
Strangers in a Walled Garden: Rumer Godden's Anglo-India
Red Strangers: Elspeth Huxley's Africa
Island Strangers: Phyllis Shand Allfrey and Phyllis Bottome
Part I. Olivia Manning: The Gates Besieged
World War II
Part II. Muriel Spark and Ethel Mannin: The Gates Breached and the Struggle for Postcolonial Identity
Strangers in a Walled Garden: Rumer Godden's Anglo-India
Red Strangers: Elspeth Huxley's Africa
Island Strangers: Phyllis Shand Allfrey and Phyllis Bottome