Changing the Victorian subject
The essays in this collection examine how both colonial and British authors engage with Victorian subjects and subjectivities in their work. Some essays explore the emergence of a key trope within colonial texts: the negotiation of Victorian and settler-subject positions. Others argue for new readin...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Adelaide, South Australia
The University of Adelaide, University of Adelaide Press
2014, [2014]
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| Series: | Open Access e-Books
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | The essays in this collection examine how both colonial and British authors engage with Victorian subjects and subjectivities in their work. Some essays explore the emergence of a key trope within colonial texts: the negotiation of Victorian and settler-subject positions. Others argue for new readings of key metropolitan texts and their repositioning within literary history. These essays work to recognise the plurality of the rubric of the 'Victorian' and to expand how the category of Victorian studies can be understood |
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| Physical Description: | x, 281 pages |
| ISBN: | 1922064769 1922064750 1922064734 1922064742 |