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Colonial strangers : women writing the end of the British empire /

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Main Author: Lassner, Phyllis
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2004]
Subjects:
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, > 1907-1997 > Criticism and interpretation.
Bottome, Phyllis, > 1882-1963 > 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.
Electronic books.
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Table of 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.