M. Daphne Kutzer
First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Empire's Children looks at works at by Rudyard Kipling, Frances Hodgson Burnett, E. Nesbit, Hugh Lofting, A.A. Milne, and Arthur Ransome for the ways these writers consciously and unconsciously used the metaphors of empire in their writing for children.
Series Editor´s Foreword, Acknowledgments, Introduction: Terminology and Territory, CHAPTER 1 Setting Sail, CHAPTER 2 Kipling´s Rules of the Game, CHAPTER 3 The Empire at Home: Burnett and Nesbit, CHAPTER 4 Imperial Fantasies: Lofting and Milne, CHAPTER 5 Swallows and Amazons Forever?, CHAPTER 6 Empire Then and Now: Conclusions, Bibliography, Index
"Kutzer's grasp of postcolonial theory and her careful readings of the texts make this a superb and influential study. Highly recommended; all libraries." -- Choice
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M. Daphne Kutzer
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Series Editor's Foreword, Acknowledgments, Introduction: Terminology and Territory, CHAPTER 1 Setting Sail, CHAPTER 2 Kipling's Rules of the Game, CHAPTER 3 The Empire at Home: Burnett and Nesbit, CHAPTER 4 Imperial Fantasies: Lofting and Milne, CHAPTER 5 Swallows and Amazons Forever?, CHAPTER 6 Empire Then and Now: Conclusions, Bibliography, Index
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First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.