X marks the spot : women writers map the Empire for British children, 1790-1895

Author/Creator:

Norcia, Megan A., 1976-

Publication/Creation:

Athens : Ohio University Press, [2010]

Resource Type:

Book

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Full Title:

X marks the spot : women writers map the Empire for British children, 1790-1895 / Megan A. Norcia

Series Titles:

UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Electronic books

Subjects:

Sex role in literature
Imperialism in literature
National characteristics, British, in literature
Geography in literature
Didactic literature, English--History and criticism
Children's literature, English--History and criticism
Women and literature--Great Britain--History--19th century
Children--Books and reading--Great Britain--History--19th century
English literature--Women authors--History and criticism
Children
Family members

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Introduction: mapping imperial hierarchies and ruling the world -- The dysfunctional "family of man": Mary Anne Venning and Barbara Hofland classify human races in pre-darwinian primers -- Place settings at the imperial dinner party: hierarchies of consumption in the works of Favell Lee Mortimer, Sarah Lee, and Priscilla Wakefield -- Terra incognita: the gendering of geographic experience in the works of Barbara Hofland, Priscilla Wakefield, Mary H.C. Legh, Lucy Wilson, Mrs. E. Burrows, and Maria Hack -- "Prisoners in its spatial matrix"? resisting imperial geography in thirdspace -- Conclusion: contextualizing archival recovery.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (xii, 260 pages) ; cm.

Local Note:

Available to current Emory faculty, students and staff.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990031655480302486

ISBN:

9780821419076 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780821443538 (ebook)