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Jane Austen and Imperialism--A Rereading of "Pride and Prejudice"

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Xu, Runjiang; Li, Yucheng – English Language Teaching, 2009

This thesis attempts to search for the clues related to British domestic exploitation of the peasant labors and overseas colonization of other countries after rereading the novel "Pride and Prejudice," with an aim to bring out Austen's intimacy with Imperialism. It will offer some insights into a better understanding of provincial world…

Descriptors: Novels, Didacticism, Literature Appreciation, Literary Criticism

Generic Transformation and Political Action: A Textual Interpretation of Edmund Burke's "Letter to William Elliott, Esq."

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Browne, Stephen H. – Communication Quarterly, 1990

Examines, rhetorically, the formal dynamics and internal action of an eighteenth-century political text by Edmund Burke, the "Letter to William Elliott, Esq." (1795). (SR)

Descriptors: Eighteenth Century Literature, Foreign Countries, Letters (Correspondence), Political Issues

Classics at Warwick

Winnifrith, T. J. – Didaskalos, 1975

The University of Warwick, England, will attempt to set up classical courses, particularly to unite the study of English Literature and Latin Literature. The article outlines the general syllabus for a three-year course of study. (CHK)

Descriptors: Classical Literature, College Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Eighteenth Century Literature

Happily, Ever After: The Resilience of the Fairy Tale, Part 1.

Hearn, Michael Patrick – Teaching and Learning Literature with Children and Young Adults, 1998

Discusses the work of Frenchman Charles Perrault, the seminal figure in fairy tales, and puts it in context of the French fairy tale fashion. Describes how the fairy tale came to England. Describes how the Germans revived the fairy tale at the end of the 18th century, and discusses the work of the Brothers Grimm. (SR)

Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Eighteenth Century Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, Fables