Lexington Books
Pages: 160
Trim: 6¼ x 9¼
978-1-66693-005-4 • Hardback • December 2024 • $105.00 • (£81.00)
978-1-66693-006-1 • eBook • November 2024 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
Kellie D. Holzer is professor of English and affiliate faculty in the Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Program at Virginia Wesleyan University.
Chapter 1
Catherine Dickens and Imperial Patriarchy
Chapter 2
Marriage as Murder: Marie Corelli’s The Murder of Delicia
Chapter 3
Translation and Trans-imperial Protest: Delicia Hatya and Kahake
Interlude
The Rise of the Bengali Novel and the Indian New Woman
Chapter 4
A New Formula for Fiction: Hossain’s Padmarag
"Holzer nuances the conversation between English and Indian authors of the long nineteenth century, through tracing the interplay between received narratives, translation and trans-imperial feminism. In making these connections visible, the book opens up persuasive new ways of reading."
— Carolyn Oulton, Canterbury Christ Church University