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Semi-detached empire : suburbia and the colonization of Britain, 1880 to the present /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kuchta, Todd, 1970-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2010.
Subjects:
English fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Degeneration in literature.
Regression (Civilization) in literature.
Suburbs in literature.
Suburban life in literature.
Great Britain > In literature.
Great Britain > Civilization > 20th century.
Literature and society > Great Britain > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Semi-detached empire
  • Reverse colonization in The War of the worlds
  • Sherlock Holmes and the case of the Anglo-Indian
  • Outposts of progress: Joseph Conrad's suburban speculation
  • Beyond the abyss: degeneracy and death in the Edwardian suburb
  • Ressentiment and late-imperial fiction
  • George Orwell and the road to West Bletchley
  • Epilogue: "In the blood and not on the skin"