Outlandish English subjects in the Victorian domestic novel
[Book]
Timothy L. Carens.
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York
Palgrave Macmillan
2005
(ix, 198 pages) : illustrations
Bridging the Divide --;Strange Relations: Evangelical and Anthropological Roots of Imperial Anxiety --;The Juggernaut Roles in England: The Idol of Patriarchal Authority in Jane Eyre and The Egoist --;Failed Colonies in Africa and England: Civilizing Despair in Bleak House --;Mutinous Outbreaks in The Moonstone --;Portions Wholly Savage: Ongoing Reforms at Home and Abroad.
Victorian domestic novels routinely detect a savage otherness lurking within the English state and subject.
Domestic fiction, English -- History and criticism.
English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.