Domestic Fiction in Colonial Australia and New Zealand

Name: Domestic Fiction in Colonial Australia and New Zealand
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Colonial domestic literature has been largely overlooked and is due for a reassessment. This essay collection explores attitudes to colonialism, imperialism and race, as well as important developments in girlhood and the concept of the New Woman. > Colonial domestic literature has been largely overlooked and is due for a reassessment. This essay collection explores attitudes to colonialism, imperialism and race, as well as important developments in girlhood and the concept of the New Woman. > Introduction: Victorian Domestic Fiction Down Under, Tamara S. Wagner; Chapter 1 Retracing Domestic Space: English National Identity in Harriet Martineau\u2019s Homes Abroad, Lesa Scholl; Chapter 2 \u2018Hasten to the Land of Promise\u2019: The Influence of Emigrant Letters on Dickens\u2019s Life and Literature, Diana C. Archibald; Chapter 3 \u2018Ever So Many Part ings Welded Together\u2019: Serial Settlement and Great Expectations, Jude Piesse; Chapter 4 \u2018The Heavens Were on Fire\u2;