264 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
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In this challening book, Firdous Azim, provides a feminist critique of orthodox accounts of the `rise of the novel' and exposes the underlying orientalist assumptions of the early English novel. Whereas previous studies have emphasized the universality of the coherent and consistent subject which found expression in the novels of the eighteenth century, Azim demonstrtes how certain categories:... Read more
Acknowledgements, List of abbreviations, Introduction, 1 THE SUBJECT/S OF THE NOVEL, 2 SLAVERY AND SEXUALITY IN OROONOKO, 3 DANGEROUS IDENTITY, 4 CHARLOTTE BRONTË/CURRER BELL, 5 THE BRONTË CHILDREN AT PLAY, 6 THE POLITICS OF LANGUAGE IN THE PROFESSOR, 7 REREADING FEMINISM’S TEXTS, LANGUAGE, SUBJECTIVITY AND LITERATURE: An afterword, Notes, Bibliography, Index
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Firdous Azim
