Colonial Rise of the Novel
In this challening book, Firdous Azim, provides a feminist critique of orthodox accounts of the `rise of the novel'' and exposes the underlying orientalist assumptions of the early English novel. Whereas previous studies have emphasized the universality of the coherent and consistent subject which found expression in the novels of the eighteenth century, Azim demonstrtes how certain categories: wo...
In this challening book, Firdous Azim, provides a feminist critique of orthodox accounts of the `rise of the novel'' and exposes the underlying orientalist assumptions of the early English novel. Whereas previous studies have emphasized the universality of the coherent and consistent subject which found expression in the novels of the eighteenth century, Azim demonstrtes how certain categories: wo...