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Author:

Aslami, Zarena.

Title:

The dream life of citizens : late Victorian novels and the fantasy of the state / Zarena Aslami.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Fordham University Press,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

viii, 191 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Politics and literature--Great Britain--History--19th century.
English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
Schreiner, Olive,--1855-1920.--Story of an African farm.
Hardy, Thomas,--1840-1928.--Woodlanders.
Gissing, George,--1857-1903.--Odd women.
Grand, Sarah.--Heavenly twins.
State, The, in literature.
Social problems in literature.
Afghanistan--In literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-181) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : the lyricism of the State -- An imperial origin story : aloof rule in Schreiner's The story of an African farm -- "Rather a geographical expression than a country" : State fantasy and the production of Victorian Afghanistan -- The rise of The State as a sympathetic liberal subject in Hardy's The woodlanders -- The space of optimism : State fantasy and the case of Gissing's The odd women -- Hysterical citizenship in Grand's The heavenly twins -- Coda.

ISBN:

0823241998 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780823241996 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)758098741

LCCN:

2011040616

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)