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BL
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962579
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b716949
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| Main Entry
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Logan, Mawuena Kossi.
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| Title & Author
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Narrating Africa : : George Henty and the fiction of empire /\ Mawuena Kossi Logan.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Garland Pub.,, 1999.
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| Series Statement
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Garland reference library of the humanities ;; v. 2121.Children's literature and culture ;; v. 9
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1 online resource (xx, 203 pages)
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| ISBN
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0203905016
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: 0585461473
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: 9780203905012
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: 9780585461472
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0815332750
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| Notes
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Based on the author's thesis.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-198) and index.
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| Contents
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Africa and Europe: The Historic Encounter and Its Legacy; Pre-Henty: Juvenile Novels and the British Empire; To Africa With Henty: The Socio-Cultural Background; To Africa with Henty: The Gold Coast and the Sudan; To South Africa with Henty; Henty's Literary Compatriots: Rider Haggard and Joseph Conrad; Conclusion: Legacy and Impact of Nineteenth-Century Juvenile Literature; Works Consulted; Index.
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| Abstract
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Narrating Africa: George Henty and the Fiction of Empire offers a critique of colonialist discourse and focuses on George Henty's novels as a prototype of the literature that emerged with the rise of British Imperialism.
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Henty, G. A., (George Alfred),1832-1902-- Knowledge-- Africa.
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Henty, G. A., (George Alfred),1832-1902-- Views on imperialism.
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Henty, G. A., (George Alfred),1832-1902.
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Adventure stories, English-- History and criticism.
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Boys-- England, Books and reading.
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Children's stories, English-- History and criticism.
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English literature-- African influences.
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Imperialism in literature.
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Narration (Rhetoric)
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Adventure stories, English.
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Boys.
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Children's stories, English.
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English literature-- African influences.
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Imperialism in literature.
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Imperialism.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- European-- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Literature.
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Narration (Rhetoric)
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Africa, In literature.
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Africa.
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England.
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| Dewey Classification
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823/.8
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| LC Classification
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PR4785.H55Z75 1999eb
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