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Author:
Adams, David, 1959-
Title:
Colonial odysseys : empire and epic in the modernist novel / David Adams.
Publisher:
Cornell University Press,
Copyright Date:
2003
Description:
xi, 249 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Forster, E. M.--(Edward Morgan),--1879-1970.--Passage to India.
Conrad, Joseph,--1857-1924.--Heart of darkness.
Woolf, Virginia,--1882-1941.--Voyage out.
English fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
Imperialism in literature.
Epic literature, English--History and criticism.
Modernism (Literature)--Great Britain.
Colonies in literature.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-242) and index.
Contents:
ch. 1. Beyond the Pillars of Hercules -- ch. 2. "The drive to be at home everywhere" -- ch. 3. Conrad's weariness -- ch. 4. Shadows of a "silver globe": Woolf's reconfiguration of the darkness -- Epilogue: circling home.
ISBN:
9780801488863 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
0801488869 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
9780801441615 (acid-free paper)
0801441617 (acid-free paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)52424105
LCCN:
2003012660
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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