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Empire in British girls' literature and culture : imperial girls, 1880-1915
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Empire in British girls' literature and culture : imperial girls, 1880-1915 / Michelle J. Smith.
ISBN
9780230272866 (alk. paper)
023027286X (alk. paper)
Published
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Physical Description
xi, 207 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 27, 2011
Series
Critical approaches to children's literature
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: Imperial girls in British literature and culture
Shaping the 'useful' girl: the girl's own paper, 1880-1907
Developing pedagogy and hybridised femininity in the girls' school story
Adventurous girls of the British empire: the novels of Bessie Marchant
Fantastic and domestic girls and the idolisation of 'improving' others
Be(ing) prepared: girl guides, colonial life, and national strength
Microcosms of girlhood: reworking the robinsonade for girls.
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