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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| Formato: | Licensed eBooks |
| Idioma: | inglês |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press
©2002.
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| Colecção: | New cultural studies.
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| Acesso em linha: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt3fj36r |
Sumário:
- 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.