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Author:
Kuchta, Todd, 1970-
Title:
Semi-detached empire : suburbia and the colonization of Britain, 1880 to the present / Todd Kuchta.
Publisher:
University of Virginia Press,
Copyright Date:
2010
Description:
viii, 264 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Subject:
English fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
Degeneration in literature
Regression (Civilization) in literature
Suburbs in literature
Suburban life in literature.
Great Britain--In literature.
Great Britain--Civilization--20th century
Literature and society--Great Britain--History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Semi-detached empire -- Reverse colonization in The War of the worlds -- Sherlock Holmes and the case of the Anglo-Indian -- Outposts of progress: Joseph Conrad's suburban speculation -- Beyond the abyss: degeneracy and death in the Edwardian suburb -- Ressentiment and late-imperial fiction -- George Orwell and the road to West Bletchley -- Epilogue: "In the blood and not on the skin"
ISBN:
081392958X (e-book)
9780813929583 (e-book)
0813929261 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780813929262 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0813929253 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780813929255 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)449283857
LCCN:
2009039652
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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