Overview
Challenges conventional views of George Eliot through exploring the range of the colonial imaginary in her work
Uncovers frequently overlooked colonial figures in her novels and explores Victorian Islamophobia
Draws on a compelling range of sources, such as Eugene Bodichon's Algerian anthropology texts, to better understand the roots of conflict in our postcolonial present
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book examines the range of the colonial imaginary in Eliot’s works, from the domestic and regional to ancient and speculative colonialisms. It challenges monolithic, hegemonic views of George Eliot — whose novelistic career paralleled the creation of British India — and also dismissals of the postcolonial as ahistorical. It uncovers often-overlooked colonized figures in the novels. It also investigates Victorian Islamophobia in light of Eliot’s impatience with ignorance, intolerance, and xenophobia as well as her interrogation of the make-believe of endings. Drawing on a range of sources from Eugène Bodichon’s Algerian anthropological texts, the Persian journals of John Martyn, and postmodern re-engagements, Postcolonial George Eliot has implications for an understanding of the globalization of English, the decolonization of disciplinarity and periodization, and the roots of present-day conflict in the wider Mediterranean world.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Oliver Lovesey is Associate Professor of English at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, Canada. He has authored a number of monographs on George Eliot and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, and edited Victorian Social Activists’ Novels, The Mill on the Floss, Approaches to Teaching the Works of Ngũgĩ, and a Popular Music and Society special issue: 'Popular Music and the Postcolonial'.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Postcolonial George Eliot
Authors: Oliver Lovesey
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-33212-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-33211-0Published: 05 September 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-67349-0Published: 08 June 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-33212-7Published: 17 August 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 310
Topics: British and Irish Literature, Nineteenth-Century Literature, Postcolonial/World Literature