Empire in British girls' literature and culture: imperial girls, 1880-1915 Smith, Michelle 2011, Empire in British girls' literature and culture: imperial girls, 1880-1915, Palgrave Macmillan, New York, N. Y.. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Empire in British girls' literature and culture: imperial girls, 1880-1915 Author(s) Smith, Michelle Publication date 2011 Series Critical approaches to children's literature Total pages 207 p. Publisher Palgrave Macmillan Place of Publication New York, N. Y. Keyword(s) children's literature girls imperialism Britain Summary 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. Notes Contents :Introduction: Imperial girls in British literature and culture -- Shaping the 'useful' girl: the Girl's Own Paper, 1880-1907 -- Developing pedagogy and hybridised femininity in the girls' school story -- Adventurous girls of the British empire: the novels of Bessie Marchant -- Fantastic and domestic girls and the idolisation of 'improving' others -- Be(ing) prepared: girl guides, colonial life, and national strength -- Microcosms of girlhood: reworking the Robinsonade for girls. ISBN 023027286X 9780230272866 Language eng Field of Research 200503 British and Irish Literature Socio Economic Objective 970120 Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and Culture HERDC Research category A1.1 Books - authored - research Copyright notice ©2011, Palgrave Macmillan Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30053407 Document type: Book Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education Centre for Memory, Imagination and Invention   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 02 Jul 2013, 15:22:35 EST Tue, 02 Jul 2013, 15:26:55 EST Tue, 02 Jul 2013, 15:37:22 EST Fri, 05 Jul 2013, 13:25:37 EST Mon, 08 Jul 2013, 09:12:56 EST Mon, 08 Jul 2013, 14:22:59 EST Mon, 08 Jul 2013, 15:01:37 EST Tue, 09 Jul 2013, 10:16:55 EST Wed, 10 Jul 2013, 09:27:42 EST Thu, 11 Jul 2013, 08:51:49 EST Thu, 11 Jul 2013, 11:50:59 EST Thu, 11 Jul 2013, 11:52:35 EST Wed, 15 Jan 2014, 13:52:35 EST Thu, 16 Jan 2014, 11:50:48 EST Fri, 08 Aug 2014, 13:22:53 EST Wed, 27 Aug 2014, 23:32:38 EST Fri, 10 Oct 2014, 09:07:43 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 490 Abstract Views, 6 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 02 Jul 2013, 15:22:34 EST by Michelle Smith