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- catalog abstract ""This book examines literary romance as a vehicle for the ideological contradictions of British imperialism in South Africa. Chrisman draws upon postcolonial theory and cultural materialism to discuss the imperialist Rider Haggard's fictional accounts of mining in King Solomon's Mines and Zulu history in Nada the Lily, examining these novels as fraught responses to the introduction of capitalist modernity. She goes on to analyse the counter-narratives of metropolitan and African resistance of feminist Olive Schreiner and black nationalist Sol Plaatje. Exploring Schreiner's much-neglected Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland, Chrisman situates this book in relation to the violent creation of 'Rhodesia', the 1896-7 Shona uprisings, and contemporary criticism of Cecil Rhodes." "Chrisman's book demonstrates how South Africa played an important if now overlooked role in British imperial culture, and shows the impact of capitalism itself in the making of racial, gender and national identities. This book makes an original contribution to studies of Victorian literature of empire; South African literary history; African studies; black nationalism; and the literature of resistance."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11979772.
- catalog coverage "South Africa In literature.".
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""This book examines literary romance as a vehicle for the ideological contradictions of British imperialism in South Africa. Chrisman draws upon postcolonial theory and cultural materialism to discuss the imperialist Rider Haggard's fictional accounts of mining in King Solomon's Mines and Zulu history in Nada the Lily, examining these novels as fraught responses to the introduction of capitalist modernity. She goes on to analyse the counter-narratives of metropolitan and African resistance of feminist Olive Schreiner and black nationalist Sol Plaatje. Exploring Schreiner's much-neglected Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland, Chrisman situates this book in relation to the violent creation of 'Rhodesia', the 1896-7 Shona uprisings, and contemporary criticism of Cecil Rhodes." "Chrisman's book demonstrates how South Africa played an important if now overlooked role in British imperial culture, and shows the impact of capitalism itself in the making of racial, gender and national identities. This book makes an original contribution to studies of Victorian literature of empire; South African literary history; African studies; black nationalism; and the literature of resistance."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-234) and index.".
- catalog description "Manufacturing mystery from mining : King Solomon's mines (1) -- Trading on Africa : King Solomon's mines (2) -- The British conquest of Zululand : Haggard's politics and ideology -- The fictions of Zulu history : Nada the lily -- Colonialism demystified : Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland -- Alternative empires? : Englishness and Christianity in Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland -- Transforming Haggardian romance : pastoralism and sexual politics in Mhudi -- Complex relations : African nationalism, imperialism, and form in Mhudi.".
- catalog extent "241 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0198122993 (hbk.)".
- catalog isPartOf "Oxford English monographs".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "South Africa In literature.".
- catalog spatial "South Africa.".
- catalog subject "823.009358 21".
- catalog subject "English fiction 19th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "English fiction 20th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider), 1856-1925 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Imperialism in literature.".
- catalog subject "Literature and society South Africa.".
- catalog subject "PR868.I54 C48 2000".
- catalog subject "Plaatje, Sol. T. (Solomon Tshekisho), 1876-1932 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Schreiner, Olive, 1855-1920 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Manufacturing mystery from mining : King Solomon's mines (1) -- Trading on Africa : King Solomon's mines (2) -- The British conquest of Zululand : Haggard's politics and ideology -- The fictions of Zulu history : Nada the lily -- Colonialism demystified : Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland -- Alternative empires? : Englishness and Christianity in Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland -- Transforming Haggardian romance : pastoralism and sexual politics in Mhudi -- Complex relations : African nationalism, imperialism, and form in Mhudi.".
- catalog title "Rereading the imperial romance : British imperialism and South African resistance in Haggard, Schreiner, and Plaatje / Laura Chrisman.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".