The Colonial Rise of the Novel

Presents a major challenge to our current understanding of the history of Western literature, in the first feminist and anti-imperialist account of the development of the novel.

Informationen zum Autor Firdous Azim Klappentext In this challening book, Firdous Azim, provides a feminist critique of orthodox accounts of the `rise of the novel' and exposes the underlying orientalist assumptions of the early English novel. Whereas previous studies have emphasized the universality of the coherent and consistent subject which found expression in the novels of the eighteenth century, Azim demonstrtes how certain categories: women and people of colour, were silenced and excluded. The Colonial Rise of the Novel makes an important and provocative contribution to post-colonial and feminist criticism. It will be essential reading for all teachers and students of English literature, women's studies, and post-colonial criticism. Zusammenfassung Presents a major challenge to our current understanding of the history of Western literature, in the first feminist and anti-imperialist account of the development of the novel. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements, List of abbreviations, Introduction, 1 THE SUBJECT/S OF THE NOVEL, 2 SLAVERY AND SEXUALITY IN OROONOKO, 3 DANGEROUS IDENTITY, 4 CHARLOTTE BRONTË/CURRER BELL, 5 THE BRONTË CHILDREN AT PLAY, 6 THE POLITICS OF LANGUAGE IN THE PROFESSOR, 7 REREADING FEMINISM'S TEXTS, LANGUAGE, SUBJECTIVITY AND LITERATURE: An afterword, Notes, Bibliography, Index

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Firdous Azim

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In this challening book, Firdous Azim, provides a feminist critique of orthodox accounts of the `rise of the novel' and exposes the underlying orientalist assumptions of the early English novel. Whereas previous studies have emphasized the universality of the coherent and consistent subject which found expression in the novels of the eighteenth century, Azim demonstrtes how certain categories: women and people of colour, were silenced and excluded. The Colonial Rise of the Novel makes an important and provocative contribution to post-colonial and feminist criticism. It will be essential reading for all teachers and students of English literature, women's studies, and post-colonial criticism.

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Acknowledgements, List of abbreviations, Introduction, 1 THE SUBJECT/S OF THE NOVEL, 2 SLAVERY AND SEXUALITY IN OROONOKO, 3 DANGEROUS IDENTITY, 4 CHARLOTTE BRONTË/CURRER BELL, 5 THE BRONTË CHILDREN AT PLAY, 6 THE POLITICS OF LANGUAGE IN THE PROFESSOR, 7 REREADING FEMINISM'S TEXTS, LANGUAGE, SUBJECTIVITY AND LITERATURE: An afterword, Notes, Bibliography, Index