Olive Schreiner and the Progress of Feminism Evolution, Gender, Empire |
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Author:
| Burdett, Carolyn |
ISBN: | 978-0-333-61532-4 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2001 |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan Limited
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $274.95 |
Book Description:
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Olive Schreiner and the Progress of Feminism explores two key areas: first, the debates taking place in England during the last two decades of the nineteenth century about the position of women; and, second, the volatile events of the 1890s in South Africa, which culminated in war between the British Empire and the Boer republics in 1899. Through a detailed reading of the fictional and non-fictional writing of one extraordinary woman, Olive Schreiner, it traces the complex relations...
More DescriptionOlive Schreiner and the Progress of Feminism explores two key areas: first, the debates taking place in England during the last two decades of the nineteenth century about the position of women; and, second, the volatile events of the 1890s in South Africa, which culminated in war between the British Empire and the Boer republics in 1899. Through a detailed reading of the fictional and non-fictional writing of one extraordinary woman, Olive Schreiner, it traces the complex relations between gender and empire in a modernizing world.