Modernist voyages : colonial women writers in London, 1890-1945

Modernist voyages : colonial women writers in London, 1890-1945 / Anna Snaith.

Examines colonial women writers who traveled to London in the modernist period, and the significance of gender to empire and modernism.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Snaith, Anna
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Series:	Cambridge University Press e-book purchased.
Subjects:	Commonwealth literature (English) > Women authors > History and criticism. Women travelers > England > London > Biography > History and criticism. English literature > 19th century > History and criticism. English literature > 20th century > History and criticism. Imperialism in literature. Decolonization in literature. Colonies in literature. Modernism (Literature) > England. Electronic resources (E-books) London (England) > Intellectual life > 19th century. London (England) > Intellectual life > 20th century. London (England) > In literature. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction
Chapter one. Olive Schreiner: diamonds, prostitution and From man to man
Chapter two. Sarojini Naidu: feminist nationalism and cross-cultural poetics
Chapter three. Sara Jeannette Duncan: A Canadian girl in London
Chapter four. Katherine Mansfield: colonial modernism and the magazines
Chapter five. Jean Rhys: 'A savage from the Cannibal Islands'
Chapter six. Una Marson: 'Little brown girl' in a 'White, white city'
Chapter seven. Christina Stead: transnationalism and the sea voyage
Afterword
Notes
Bibliography
Index.