E-book
The obsolete empire : untimely belonging in twentieth-century British literature
Record details
- ISBN: 9781421441368
- ISBN: 9781421441351
- ISBN: 1421441365
- ISBN: 1421441357
- ISBN: 9781421441375
- ISBN: 1421441373
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (310 p.).
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Computer data. - Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021.
- Copyright: �2021
Content descriptions
| General Note: | CatMonthString:january.23 Multi-User. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. The Peripheral Sense of an Ending -- The Last Colonial -- The Lateness of Empire -- Restless Identities, Wayward Communities -- The Temporality of Belonging -- 1 Henry James and the Perversity of Empire -- The Pervert's Guide to England -- The Making of an Anglo-Saxon Writer -- An Absent-Minded Imperialist -- Late America -- 2 James Joyce and the Negative Community -- The Law of Sameness -- Let Them In, Let Him Stay -- The Unavowable Anthology -- A House for Mr. Bloom -- 3 Doris Lessing and Late Realism -- Permanent Settlement, Imminent Departure -- In Pursuit of Realism -- History Is Now and England -- Living in the End Times -- 4 V. S. Naipaul and the Rhetoric of Enchantment -- Knowledge Not Purchased with the Loss of Power -- The Colonial Phenomenology of Perception -- L'Enfance Retrouv�ee -- A Home at the End of Empire -- Epilogue. Time of the Other -- The Politics of Shared Immanence -- Citizens and Subjects -- Untimely Worlds -- Notes -- Index. |
| Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (HTML), electronic book. |
| System Details Note: | Mode of access: Internet. |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription. |
| Issuing Body Note: | Made available online by EBSCO. |
| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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