Writing the Urban Jungle Reading Empire in London from Doyle to Eliot |
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| Author:
| McLaughlin, Joseph |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8139-1972-0 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2000 |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $34.00 |
Book Description:
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Much has been written about the effects of British culture on colonized people, but this study suggests that the influence worked both ways. Focusing on the relationship between literature and metropolitan culture, it discusses the cultural confusion caused by bringing the foreign home.
Much has been written about the effects of British culture on colonized people, but this study suggests that the influence worked both ways. Focusing on the relationship between literature and metropolitan culture, it discusses the cultural confusion caused by bringing the foreign home.