The dream life of citizens
Aslami, Zarena.
The dream life of citizens late Victorian novels and the fantasy of the state / [electronic resource] : Zarena Aslami. - New York : Fordham University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (195 p.) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the lyricism of the State -- An imperial origin story : aloof rule in Schreiner's The story of an African farm -- "Rather a geographical expression than a country" : State fantasy and the production of Victorian Afghanistan -- The rise of The State as a sympathetic liberal subject in Hardy's The woodlanders -- The space of optimism : State fantasy and the case of Gissing's The odd women -- Hysterical citizenship in Grand's The heavenly twins -- Coda.
9780823246601
Grand, Sarah. Heavenly twins.
Gissing, George, 1857-1903. Odd women.
Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928. Woodlanders.
Schreiner, Olive, 1855-1920. Story of an African farm.
Social problems in literature.
State, The, in literature.
English fiction--History and criticism.--19th century
Politics and literature--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Afghanistan--In literature.
Electronic books.
PR878.P6 / A85 2012
823/.8093581
The dream life of citizens late Victorian novels and the fantasy of the state / [electronic resource] : Zarena Aslami. - New York : Fordham University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (195 p.) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : the lyricism of the State -- An imperial origin story : aloof rule in Schreiner's The story of an African farm -- "Rather a geographical expression than a country" : State fantasy and the production of Victorian Afghanistan -- The rise of The State as a sympathetic liberal subject in Hardy's The woodlanders -- The space of optimism : State fantasy and the case of Gissing's The odd women -- Hysterical citizenship in Grand's The heavenly twins -- Coda.
9780823246601
Grand, Sarah. Heavenly twins.
Gissing, George, 1857-1903. Odd women.
Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928. Woodlanders.
Schreiner, Olive, 1855-1920. Story of an African farm.
Social problems in literature.
State, The, in literature.
English fiction--History and criticism.--19th century
Politics and literature--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Afghanistan--In literature.
Electronic books.
PR878.P6 / A85 2012
823/.8093581