1st Edition
Victorian Coral Islands of Empire, Mission, and the Boys’ Adventure Novel
By Michelle Elleray
Copyright 2020
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
Also available as eBook on:
Attending to the mid-Victorian boys’ adventure novel and its connections with missionary culture, Michelle Elleray investigates how empire was conveyed to Victorian children in popular forms, with a focus on the South Pacific as a key location of adventure tales and missionary efforts. The volume draws on an evangelical narrative about the formation of coral islands to demonstrate that missionary... Read more
Entry
Biography
Educated in New Zealand and the U.S.A., Michelle Elleray received her Ph.D. in English Literature from Cornell University and is currently an Associate Professor in Victorian Literature at the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
