Dickens and the Children of Empire
Wendy S. Jacobson
221 pages, Hardcover
ISBN: 0333770447
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Language: English
Publish: October 11, 2000
Dickens and the Children of Empire examines the themes of childhood and empire throughout Dickens’ oeuvre. The prestigious group of contributors initiate and extend debates on the subjects of post-colonialism, literature of the child and present childhood as an apt metaphor for the colonized subject in Dickens’ work.