Rereading the Imperial Romance - British Imperialism and South African Resistance in Haggard, Schreiner, and Plaatje (Hardcover)

Literary romance from 1880 to 1920 is rich in the ideological contradictions of British imperialism. Drawing on postcolonial theory and cultural materialism, Chrisman discusses the fictions of mining and Zulu history by the imperialist Rider Haggard, and shows how feminist Olive Schreiner and black nationalist Sol Plaatje produced counter-fictions of metropolitan and African resistance. The novels are examined as responses to political, economic, and social developments of imperial capitalism: mining; the Anglo-Zulu War; the creation of Rhodesia; the 1913 Natives' Land Act, and the formation of the ANC.

General

Imprint:	Clarendon Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Oxford English Monographs
Release date:	August 2000
First published:	November 2000
Authors:	Laura Chrisman (Visiting Associate Professor of English, Brown University, and Lecturer in English)
Dimensions:	227 x 145 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	252
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-812299-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General
LSN:	0-19-812299-3
Barcode:	9780198122999

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