Date: Thu, 13 Jul 1995 11:35:58 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: Dickens & Empire


You might take a look at Edward Said's <Culture and Imperialism.>
It seems to me he gives some if only a little attention to 
Dickens in relationship to Britain's imperial projects.  I recall he 
discusses Dickens mostly in relationship to Australia.  Good luck with 
the project.

On Thu, 13 Jul 1995 gane-AT-umbsky.cc.umb.edu wrote:

> 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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