Fair Exotics : Xenophobic Subjects in English Literature, 1720-1850.
Title:
Fair Exotics : Xenophobic Subjects in English Literature, 1720-1850.
Author:
Sudan, Rajani.
ISBN:
9780812203769
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (210 pages)
Series:
New Cultural Studies
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of 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.
Abstract:
"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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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