England Through Colonial Eyes in Twentieth-Century Fiction

Much attention has focused on the imperial gaze at colonised peoples, cultures, and lands. But, during and after the British Empire, what have writers from those cultures made of England, the English, and issues of race, gender, class, ethnicity, and desire when they have travelled, expatriated, or emigrated to England? This question is addressed through studies of the domestic novel and the Bildungsroman , and through essays on Mansfield, Rhys, Stead, Emecheta, Lessing, Naipaul, Emecheta, Rushdie and Dabydeen.

Author Biography

ANN BLAKE is Honorary Associate of La Trobe University (formerly Senior Lecturer). Her previous publications include Christina Stead’s Politics of Place and articles on Shakespeare, Renaissance theatre and crime fiction. – LEELA GANDHI is Senior Lecturer in English at La Trobe University. She is the author of Postcolonial Theory: A Critical Introduction and co-editor of the journal Postcolonial Studies. – SUE THOMAS is Senior Lecturer in English at La Trobe University. Her monographs include The Worlding of Jean Rhys (1999) and Elizabeth Robins (1862-1952): A Bibliography.