Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-198) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Africa and Europe: The Historic Encounter and Its Legacy; Pre-Henty: Juvenile Novels and the British Empire; To Africa With Henty: The Socio-Cultural Background; To Africa with Henty: The Gold Coast and the Sudan; To South Africa with Henty; Henty's Literary Compatriots: Rider Haggard and Joseph Conrad; Conclusion: Legacy and Impact of Nineteenth-Century Juvenile Literature; Works Consulted; Index.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Narrating Africa: George Henty and the Fiction of Empire offers a critique of colonialist discourse and focuses on George Henty's novels as a prototype of the literature that emerged with the rise of British Imperialism.
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Title
Narrating Africa.
International Standard Book Number
0815332750
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Henty, G. A., (George Alfred),1832-1902-- Knowledge-- Africa.
Henty, G. A., (George Alfred),1832-1902-- Views on imperialism.
Henty, G. A., (George Alfred),1832-1902.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Adventure stories, English-- History and criticism.
Boys-- England, Books and reading.
Children's stories, English-- History and criticism.