TY - BOOK AU - Snaith,Anna TI - Modernist voyages: colonial women writers in London, 1890-1945 SN - 9781139018852 AV - PR9080.5 S63 2014eb U1 - 820.9/9287 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Commonwealth literature (English) KW - Women authors KW - History and criticism KW - Women travelers KW - England KW - London KW - Biography KW - English literature KW - 19th century KW - 20th century KW - Imperialism in literature KW - Decolonization in literature KW - Colonies in literature KW - Modernism (Literature) KW - Voyageuses KW - Angleterre KW - Londres KW - Biographies KW - Histoire et critique KW - Littérature anglaise KW - 19e siècle KW - 20e siècle KW - Impérialisme dans la littérature KW - Décolonisation dans la littérature KW - Colonies dans la littérature KW - Modernisme (Littérature) KW - LITERARY CRITICISM KW - European KW - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Intellectual life KW - Literature KW - London (England) KW - In literature KW - Londres (Angleterre) KW - Vie intellectuelle KW - Electronic books KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- Chapter one. Olive Schreiner: diamonds, prostitution and From man to man -- Chapter two. Sarojini Naidu: feminist nationalism and cross-cultural poetics -- Chapter three. Sara Jeannette Duncan: A Canadian girl in London -- Chapter four. Katherine Mansfield: colonial modernism and the magazines -- Chapter five. Jean Rhys: 'A savage from the Cannibal Islands' -- Chapter six. Una Marson: 'Little brown girl' in a 'White, white city' -- Chapter seven. Christina Stead: transnationalism and the sea voyage -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index N2 - Examines colonial women writers who traveled to London in the modernist period, and the significance of gender to empire and modernism UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=675645 ER -