Victorian narratives of failed emigration: settlers, returnees, and nineteenth-century literature in english
Auteur :
Wagner, Tamara S
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9780367881153
Date de publication :
12 déc. 2019
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
550 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Arguing that failure, the threat of failure, and even a curious desire to fail in the attempt to emigrate drive nineteenth-century writing in English in unexpected, culturally revealing ways, Tamara S. Wagner offers a new literary history not just of nineteenth-century migration, but also of transoceanic exchanges and genre formation. She highlight