Find a copy in the library
Finding libraries that hold this item...
Details
| Named Person: | Elspeth Joscelin Grant Huxley; Phyllis Bottome; Rumer Godden; Olivia Manning; Elspeth Joscelin Grant Huxley; Phyllis Bottome; Rumer Godden; Olivia Manning |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Phyllis Lassner |
| ISBN: | 081353416X 9780813534169 0813534178 9780813534176 |
| OCLC Number: | 53098984 |
| Description: | vii, 241 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Strangers at the Gates: the Middle East -- Part I. Olivia Manning: The Gates Besieged -- World War II -- Part II. Muriel Spark and Ethel Mannin: The Gates Breached and the Struggle for Postcolonial Identity -- Strangers in a Walled Garden: Rumer Godden's Anglo-India -- Red Strangers: Elspeth Huxley's Africa -- Island Strangers: Phyllis Shand Allfrey and Phyllis Bottome. |
| Responsibility: | Phyllis Lassner. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
Lassner's analysis reveals how writers such as Muriel Spark, Olivia Manning, Rumer Godden, Phyllis Bottome, Elspeth Huxley and Zadie Smith insist that World War II is critical to understanding how and why the British Empire had to end.
Reviews
User-contributed reviews
Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers.
Be the first.
Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers.
Be the first.
Tags
Add tags for "Colonial strangers : women writing the end of the British empire".
Be the first.
Similar Items
Related Subjects:(30)
- English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
- Imperialism in literature.
- Decolonization -- Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 20th century.
- Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
- English fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
- Huxley, Elspeth Joscelin Grant, -- 1907-1997. -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Bottome, Phyllis, -- 1884-1963 -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Godden, Rumer, -- 1907-1998 -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Manning, Olivia -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Decolonization in literature.
- Colonies in literature.
- Sex role in literature.
- Huxley, Elspeth Joscelin Grant, -- 1907- -- Critique et interprétation.
- Bottome, Phyllis, -- 1884-1963 -- Critique et interprétation.
- Godden, Rumer, -- 1907- -- Critique et interprétation.
- Manning, Olivia -- Critique et interprétation.
- Roman anglais -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
- Impérialisme dans la littérature.
- Décolonisation -- Grande-Bretagne -- Colonies -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
- Femmes et littérature -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.
- Roman anglais -- Histoire et critique.
- Décolonisation dans la littérature.
- Colonies dans la littérature.
- Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature.
- Imperialismus <Motiv>
- Entkolonialisierung <Motiv>
- Postkoloniale Literatur.
- Schriftstellerin.
- Kolonialismus <Motiv>
- Englisch.

