Beginning with the railway mania of the 1840s and concluding with the opening of the new global routes of the 1870s, Murray argues that changes in notions about character, investment, and technology propagated in the novel form over this period enabled Britain to lay claim to the globe. Arguing that literary genre was itself a technology that spread imperialism, Murray shows how roads, canals, and novels together colonized the Middle East.
Beginning with the railway mania of the 1840s and concluding with the opening of the new global routes of the 1870s, Murray argues that changes in notions about character, investment, and technology propagated in the novel form over this period enabled Britain to lay claim to the globe. Arguing that literary genre was itself a technology that spread imperialism, Murray shows how roads, canals, and novels together colonized the Middle East.
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Victorian Narrative Technologies in the Middle East
214Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780415957915 |
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Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Publication date: | 04/09/2008 |
Series: | Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory |
Pages: | 214 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d) |