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."
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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.