Dickens and empire
Subtitle: discourses of class, race and colonialism in the works of Charles Dickens
By: Grace Moore.
Series: The nineteenth century series; Nineteenth century (Aldershot, England)
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Aldershot; Burlington, VT, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
Subjects: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Political and social views.; Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Knowledge -- India.; Imperialism in literature.; Literature and society -- England -- History -- 19th century.; Social classes in literature.; Colonies in literature.; Race in literature.; India -- In literature.
Description: xii, 210 pages : 25 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-199) and index.
Table of contents: title: Emigration, transportation, and the problem of closure; title: National identity; title: The racial other; title: Red tape and circumlocution : the Crimean War; title: 'How to make an India pickle'; title: A tale of three revolutions : Dickens's response to the Sepoy Rebellion; title: Containing Cawnpore : the reinvention and reinterpretation of the Indian mutiny; title: The 1860s and the decline of the discourse.