Women Writing Home, 1700-1920 Vol 4

Female Correspondence Across the British Empire
1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-1-138-76608-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 292 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 585 g

Assembles a range of women's letters from the former British Empire. These letters 'written home' are not only historical sources; they are also representations of the state of the Empire in far-off lands sent home to Britain and, occasionally, other centres established as 'home'.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stierstorfer, Klaus

Coleman, Deirdre

Devereux, Cecily

Clair Imbarrato, Susan

Macdonald, Charlotte J

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Volume 4 India: Introduction. Part I: A Home Away From Home: Family and Society Sophia Plowden, Calcutta, 1783 Matilda Spry, from Bengal, 1856–9 Alice Massy, India 1875 Part II: Against the Grain: Pioneer Women Marie Elizabeth Hayes, Missonary Doctor, 1906–7 Margaret Noble / Sister Nivedita, 1911 Cornelia Sorabji, India, 1893–1915 to Mary, Lady Hobhouse to Sir Valentine Chirol

Über Autor(innen)

Klaus Stierstorfer, Deirdre Coleman, Cecily Devereux, Susan Clair Imbarrato, Charlotte J. Macdonald