Jane Austen in the Context of Abolition : 'a fling at the slave trade' /

This wide-ranging and convincingly argued study looks at the issues of and attitudes towards slavery in Jane Austen's later novels and culture, and argues against Edward Said's critique of Jane Austen as a supporter of colonialism and slavery. White suggests that Austen is both concerned a...

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Main Author:	White, Gabrielle D. V. (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Subjects:	Literature. British and Irish Literature. Fiction. Nineteenth-Century Literature. Postcolonial/World Literature. British literature. Literature, Modern > 19th century. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book