Victorian Narrative Technologies in the Middle East

By Cara Murray

Using narrative theory and postcolonial theory, this study reveals the cultural changes that turned England from a nation that abstained from investing in the internationally conceived Suez Canal to an imperial power who, by 1875, owned it. Arguing that literary genre was itself a technology that spread imperialism, Murray shows how roads, canals, and novels colonized the Middle East.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415540798
• ISBN13: 9780415540797
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"