Empire in British Girls' Literature and Culture [electronic resource] : Imperial Girls, 1880-1915 /
Smith, M.author.
While the gender and age of the girl may seem to remove her from any significant contribution to empire, this book provides both a new perspective on familiar girls' literature, and the first detailed examination of lesser-known fiction relating the emergence of fictional girl adventurers, castaways and 'ripping' schoolgirls to the British Empire.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Imperial girls in British literature and culture -- Shaping the 'useful' girl: the girl's own paper, 1880-1907 -- Developing pedagogy and hybridised femininity in the girls' school story -- Adventurous girls of the British empire: the novels of Bessie Marchant -- Fantastic and domestic girls and the idolisation of 'improving' others -- Be(ing) prepared: girl guides, colonial life, and national strength -- Microcosms of girlhood: reworking the robinsonade for girls.
While the gender and age of the girl may seem to remove her from any significant contribution to empire, this book provides both a new perspective on familiar girls' literature, and the first detailed examination of lesser-known fiction relating the emergence of fictional girl adventurers, castaways and 'ripping' schoolgirls to the British Empire.
Sociology.
Literature—Philosophy.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Literature.
Fiction.
Literature, Modern—19th century.
Gender Studies.
Literary Theory.
Cultural Theory.
Literature, general.
Fiction.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.