While the gender and age of the girl may seem to remove her from any significant contribution to empire, this book provides both a new perspective on familiar girls' literature, and the first detailed examination of lesser-known fiction relating the emergence of fictional girl adventurers, castaways and 'ripping' schoolgirls to the British Empire.
| ISBN: | 9780230272866 |
| Publication date: | 8th July 2011 |
| Author: | Michelle J Smith |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 207 pages |
| Series: | Critical Approaches to Children's Literature |
| Genres: |
Gender studies, gender groups Cultural studies Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Literary theory Biography, Literature and Literary studies Fiction |