Rule Britannia : women, empire, and Victorian writing / Deirdre David.

Author/creator David, Deirdre, 1934-
Format Book
Publication InfoIthaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1995.
Descriptionxiv, 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 noteLittle-328025--305131025347Y
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [217]-229) and index.
LCCN 95032733
ISBN0801431700 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0801482771 (pbk)