| Description |
1 online resource (x, 223 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Nineteenth-century major lives and letters |
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Nineteenth-century major lives and letters.
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| Contents |
Introduction: the belly of a nation -- Corn kings: Disraeli, Hardy, and the reconciliation of nations -- Men and menus: Dickens and the rise of the "Ordinary" English gentleman -- "I have no country": domesticating the generic national woman -- "Miss Sharp adores pork": ingesting India from The Missionary to The Moonstone -- Blood and rum: power and the racialization of the Victorian monster -- Conclusion: the bill of fare-thee-well |
| Summary |
"The book offers readings of discourses about food in a wide range of sources, from canonical Victorian novels by authors such as Dickens, Gaskell, and Hardy to parliamentary speeches, royal proclamations, and Amendment Acts. It considers the cultural politics and poetics of food in relation to issues of race, class, gender, regionalism, urbanization, colonialism, and imperialism in order to discover how national identity and Otherness are constructed and internalized."-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-212) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Hardy, Thomas, 1752-1832 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 fast |
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Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865 fast |
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Hardy, Thomas, 1752-1832 fast |
| Subject |
English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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Food in literature.
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Nationalism in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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English literature
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Food in literature
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Nationalism in literature
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780230117525 |
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023011752X |
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9781349288847 |
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1349288845 |
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