商品簡介
The suburb carries moral implications, we learn, in this fascinating analysis by Kuchta (English, Western Michigan U.), which examines the character of the suburb in Victorian and later literature, demonstrating the link between the low taste and moral value of the suburb and the decline of the British empire. The changing importance of the suburb is traced in works by Arthur Conan Doyle, George Orwell, H.G. Wells, and Joseph Conrad, among other writers, concluding with a post-colonial work, The Buddha of Suburbia, by Hanif Kureishi. The history of the British colonies, the effects on society of urbanism and suburbanism, issues of identity, and attitudes towards the colonies, immigrants, and the suburbs are interwoven themes through Kuchta's analysis, leading the reader to a fresh understanding of British notions of place as symbols of power and values through their complex associations with imperialism and colonialism. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Todd Kuchta is Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Western Michigan University.
