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From the margins of empire : Christina Stead, Doris Lessing, Nadine Gordimer, Louise Yelin
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- Summary
- Situated at the intersection of the colonial and the postcolonial, the modern and the postmodern, the novelists Christina Stead, Doris Lessing, and Nadine Gordimer all bear witness to this century's global transformations. From the Margins of Empire looks at how the question of national identity is constructed in their writings. These authors-white women who were born or grew up in British colonies or former colonies-reflect the subject of national identity in vastly different ways in both their lives and their work. Stead, who resided outside of her native Australia, has an unsettled identity. Lessing, who grew up in southern Rhodesia and migrated to England, is or has become English. Gordimer, who was born in South Africa and remains there, considers herself South African. Louise Yelin shows how the three writers' different national identities are inscribed in their fiction. The invented, hybrid character of nationality is, she maintains, a constant throughout. Locating the writings of Stead, Lessing, and Gordimer in the national cultures that produced and read them, she considers the questions they raise about the roles that whites, especially white women, can play in the new political and cultural order
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 197 pages)
- Contents
-
- Politics in South AFrica
- Conclusion: Writing beyond the margins
- Works Cited
- Index
- Isbn
- 9781501711435
- Label
- From the margins of empire : Christina Stead, Doris Lessing, Nadine Gordimer
- Title
- From the margins of empire
- Title remainder
- Christina Stead, Doris Lessing, Nadine Gordimer
- Statement of responsibility
- Louise Yelin
- Subject
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- Afrique du Sud dans la littérature
- Australia
- Australia -- In literature
- Australie dans la littérature
- Australien
- Britanniques dans la littérature
- Commonwealth literature (English) -- Women authors
- Commonwealth literature (English) -- Women authors | History and criticism
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Decolonization in literature
- Decolonization in literature
- Décolonisation dans la littérature
- Engels
- English-speaking countries
- Femmes et littérature -- Pays anglophones -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Gordimer, Nadine
- Gordimer, Nadine
- Gordimer, Nadine -- Criticism and interpretation
- Gordimer, Nadine, 1923- -- Pensée politique et sociale
- Gordimer, Nadine, 1923-2014
- Grande-Bretagne dans la littérature
- Great Britain
- Great Britain -- In literature
- History
- Imperialism in literature
- Imperialism in literature
- Impérialisme dans la littérature
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Lessing, Doris May
- Lessing, Doris May, 1919- -- Pensée politique et sociale
- Lessing, Doris, 1919-2013
- Lessing, Doris, 1919-2013
- Lessing, Doris, 1919-2013 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Literature
- Littérature du Commonwealth (anglaise) -- Histoire et critique
- National characteristics, British, in literature
- National characteristics, British, in literature
- Nationale identiteit
- Romans
- South Africa
- 1900-1999
- Stead, Christina
- Stead, Christina, 1902- -- Pensée politique et sociale
- Stead, Christina, 1902-1983
- Stead, Christina, 1902-1983
- Stead, Christina, 1902-1983 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Südafrika <Staat>
- Vrouwelijke auteurs
- Women and literature
- Women and literature -- English-speaking countries -- History -- 20th century
- Écrits de femmes anglais -- Histoire et critique
- South Africa -- In literature
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Situated at the intersection of the colonial and the postcolonial, the modern and the postmodern, the novelists Christina Stead, Doris Lessing, and Nadine Gordimer all bear witness to this century's global transformations. From the Margins of Empire looks at how the question of national identity is constructed in their writings. These authors-white women who were born or grew up in British colonies or former colonies-reflect the subject of national identity in vastly different ways in both their lives and their work. Stead, who resided outside of her native Australia, has an unsettled identity. Lessing, who grew up in southern Rhodesia and migrated to England, is or has become English. Gordimer, who was born in South Africa and remains there, considers herself South African. Louise Yelin shows how the three writers' different national identities are inscribed in their fiction. The invented, hybrid character of nationality is, she maintains, a constant throughout. Locating the writings of Stead, Lessing, and Gordimer in the national cultures that produced and read them, she considers the questions they raise about the roles that whites, especially white women, can play in the new political and cultural order
- Action
- digitized
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Yelin, Louise
- Dewey number
- 820.9/9287
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PR9080.5
- LC item number
- .Y45 1998eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Reading women writing
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Lessing, Doris
- Stead, Christina
- Gordimer, Nadine
- Commonwealth literature (English)
- Women and literature
- National characteristics, British, in literature
- Decolonization in literature
- Great Britain
- South Africa
- Imperialism in literature
- Australia
- Gordimer, Nadine
- Stead, Christina
- Lessing, Doris
- Lessing, Doris May
- Stead, Christina
- Gordimer, Nadine
- Gordimer, Nadine
- Lessing, Doris
- Stead, Christina
- Gordimer, Nadine
- Lessing, Doris
- Stead, Christina
- Gordimer, Nadine
- Stead, Christina
- Lessing, Doris May
- Littérature du Commonwealth (anglaise)
- Femmes et littérature
- Britanniques dans la littérature
- Décolonisation dans la littérature
- Impérialisme dans la littérature
- Grande-Bretagne dans la littérature
- Afrique du Sud dans la littérature
- Australie dans la littérature
- Écrits de femmes anglais
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- Commonwealth literature (English)
- Decolonization in literature
- Imperialism in literature
- Literature
- National characteristics, British, in literature
- Women and literature
- Australia
- English-speaking countries
- Great Britain
- South Africa
- Australien
- Romans
- Engels
- Nationale identiteit
- Vrouwelijke auteurs
- Südafrika <Staat>
- Label
- From the margins of empire : Christina Stead, Doris Lessing, Nadine Gordimer, Louise Yelin
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-191) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Politics in South AFrica
- Conclusion: Writing beyond the margins
- Works Cited
- Index
- Control code
- 1037275436
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 197 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781501711435
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctv1kqw5s
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1037275436
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
- Label
- From the margins of empire : Christina Stead, Doris Lessing, Nadine Gordimer, Louise Yelin
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-191) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Politics in South AFrica
- Conclusion: Writing beyond the margins
- Works Cited
- Index
- Control code
- 1037275436
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 197 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781501711435
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctv1kqw5s
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1037275436
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Subject
- Afrique du Sud dans la littérature
- Australia
- Australia -- In literature
- Australie dans la littérature
- Australien
- Britanniques dans la littérature
- Commonwealth literature (English) -- Women authors
- Commonwealth literature (English) -- Women authors | History and criticism
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Decolonization in literature
- Decolonization in literature
- Décolonisation dans la littérature
- Engels
- English-speaking countries
- Femmes et littérature -- Pays anglophones -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Gordimer, Nadine
- Gordimer, Nadine
- Gordimer, Nadine -- Criticism and interpretation
- Gordimer, Nadine, 1923- -- Pensée politique et sociale
- Gordimer, Nadine, 1923-2014
- Grande-Bretagne dans la littérature
- Great Britain
- Great Britain -- In literature
- History
- Imperialism in literature
- Imperialism in literature
- Impérialisme dans la littérature
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Lessing, Doris May
- Lessing, Doris May, 1919- -- Pensée politique et sociale
- Lessing, Doris, 1919-2013
- Lessing, Doris, 1919-2013
- Lessing, Doris, 1919-2013 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Literature
- Littérature du Commonwealth (anglaise) -- Histoire et critique
- National characteristics, British, in literature
- National characteristics, British, in literature
- Nationale identiteit
- Romans
- South Africa
- 1900-1999
- Stead, Christina
- Stead, Christina, 1902- -- Pensée politique et sociale
- Stead, Christina, 1902-1983
- Stead, Christina, 1902-1983
- Stead, Christina, 1902-1983 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Südafrika <Staat>
- Vrouwelijke auteurs
- Women and literature
- Women and literature -- English-speaking countries -- History -- 20th century
- Écrits de femmes anglais -- Histoire et critique
- South Africa -- In literature
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