Fair exotics : xenophobic subjects in english literature, 1720-1850 /
"An original and elegant work that will make signal contributions to the fields of eighteenth-century studies and Romanticism, and to the study of British nationalism and colonialism." Adela Pinch, University of Michigan.
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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Publisher Address: | Philadelphia, Pa. : |
Publication Dates: |
[2002] ©2002 |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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New cultural studies
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http://dx.doi.org/10.9783/9780812203769 http://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9780812203769.jpg |
Summary: |
"An original and elegant work that will make signal contributions to the fields of eighteenth-century studies and Romanticism, and to the study of British nationalism and colonialism." Adela Pinch, University of Michigan. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (208 pages) : illustrations. |
ISBN: | 9780812203769 |
Index Number: | PR448 |
CLC: | I561.065 |
Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Institutionalizing Xenophobia: Johnson's Project -- 2. De Quincey and the Topography of Romantic Desire -- 3. Mothered Identities: Facing the Nation in the Works of Mary Wollstonecraft -- 4. Fair Exotics: Two Case Histories in Frankenstein and Villette -- Afterword -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- Acknowledgments. |