Date: Thu, 13 Jul 1995 01:22:38 EST
Subject: Dickens & Empire


I'm exploring the possibility of doing some work on Dickens and Empire. 
I'd like:

(1) to trace Dickens's own attitudes toward the empire (looking not only 
at his fiction but at his views, for instance on the Niger project, the 
Indian Mutiny, and the Governor Eyre case);

(2) to seek evidence of the empire's reception of Dickens--that is, 
whatever can be found about the circulation of Dickens's works and 
critical responses to them in the (post)colonies; I'd be particularly 
interested in any influence he may have had on colonial writers.  For 
this second part I'm not period-bound, i.e. would welcome material from 
any period.

I'm not too concerned about finding material on (1), though I'd welcome 
suggestions (I know Said's and Brantlinger's work, and have references to 
a couple of books on the Eyre case).  What I'd really appreciate, 
however, is help with (2).

Gill Gane			UMass-Boston		gane-AT-umbsky.cc.umb.edu


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