Kuchta, Todd, 1970-

Semi-detached empire suburbia and the colonization of Britain, 1880 to the present / [electronic resource] : Todd Kuchta. - Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2010. - viii, 264 p. : ill., map.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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."


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English fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
English fiction--History and criticism.--19th century
Degeneration in literature.
Regression (Civilization) in literature.
Suburbs in literature.
Suburban life in literature.
Literature and society--History.--Great Britain


Great Britain--In literature.
Great Britain--Civilization--20th century.


Electronic books.

PR888.D373 / K83 2010eb

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