X Marks the Spot : Women Writers Map the Empire for British Children, 1790-1895.
Norcia, Megan A.
X Marks the Spot : Women Writers Map the Empire for British Children, 1790-1895. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (264 pages)
Intro -- Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Mapping Imperial Hierarchies and Ruling the World -- 1 The Dysfunctional "Family of Man" -- Mary Anne Venning and Barbara Hofland Classify Human Races in Pre-Darwinian Primers -- 2 Place Settings at the Imperial Dinner Party -- Hierarchies of Consumption in the Works of Favell Lee Mortimer, Sarah Lee, and Priscilla Wakefield -- 3 Terra Incognita -- The Gendering of Geographic Experience in the Works of Barbara Hofland, Priscilla Wakefield, Mary H. C. Legh, Lucy Wilson, Mrs. E. Burrows, and Maria Hack -- 4 "Prisoners in Its Spatial Matrix"? -- Resisting Imperial Geography in Thirdspace -- Conclusion -- Contextualizing Archival Recovery -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
During the nineteenth century, geography primers shaped the worldviews of Britain's ruling classes and laid the foundation for an increasingly globalized world.
9780821443538
English literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
Children--Books and reading--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Women and literature--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Children's literature, English--History and criticism.
Didactic literature, English--History and criticism.
Geography in literature.
National characteristics, British, in literature.
Imperialism in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Electronic books.
PR115.N67 2010
820.9/9287/09034
X Marks the Spot : Women Writers Map the Empire for British Children, 1790-1895. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (264 pages)
Intro -- Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Mapping Imperial Hierarchies and Ruling the World -- 1 The Dysfunctional "Family of Man" -- Mary Anne Venning and Barbara Hofland Classify Human Races in Pre-Darwinian Primers -- 2 Place Settings at the Imperial Dinner Party -- Hierarchies of Consumption in the Works of Favell Lee Mortimer, Sarah Lee, and Priscilla Wakefield -- 3 Terra Incognita -- The Gendering of Geographic Experience in the Works of Barbara Hofland, Priscilla Wakefield, Mary H. C. Legh, Lucy Wilson, Mrs. E. Burrows, and Maria Hack -- 4 "Prisoners in Its Spatial Matrix"? -- Resisting Imperial Geography in Thirdspace -- Conclusion -- Contextualizing Archival Recovery -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
During the nineteenth century, geography primers shaped the worldviews of Britain's ruling classes and laid the foundation for an increasingly globalized world.
9780821443538
English literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
Children--Books and reading--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Women and literature--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Children's literature, English--History and criticism.
Didactic literature, English--History and criticism.
Geography in literature.
National characteristics, British, in literature.
Imperialism in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Electronic books.
PR115.N67 2010
820.9/9287/09034