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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sudan, Rajani
Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press,
Publisher Address: Philadelphia, Pa. :
Publication Dates: [2002]
©2002
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: New cultural studies
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.9783/9780812203769
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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.