Rule Britannia : women, empire, and Victorian writing / Deirdre David.
| Author/creator | David, Deirdre, 1934- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1995. |
| Description | xiv, 234 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Tropical fruit in Brixton -- The invasion of Empire : Thomas Macaulay and Emily Eden go to India -- The heart of the empire : Little Nell and Florence Dombey do their bit -- The governess of empire : Jane Eyre takes care of India and Jamaica -- Babu Kalicharan Banerjee puts his arm around Miss Mary Pigot -- Laboring for the empire : old patriarchy and new imperialism in Tennyson and H. Rider Haggard -- 'Material interest' : Emilia Gould sums it up. |
| Local note | Little-328025--305131025347Y |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-229) and index. |
| LCCN | 95032733 |
| ISBN | 0801431700 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0801482771 (pbk) |