The Colonial Comedy: Imperialism in the French Realist Novel by Jennifer Yee )

The Colonial Comedy: Imperialism in the French Realist Novel by Jennifer Yee )

Bridging the gap between Postcolonial theory and nineteenth-century literary studies, The Colonial Comedy renews our vision of key authors of realist canon (Balzac, Flaubert, Zola and Maupassant).

The Colonial Comedy directs its reader towards the shadowy presence of colonial politics at the margins of the French novel, drawing our attention to an array of colonial objects and products, to conspiracies of financial speculation and exploitation, to the vagaries of colonial fortunes won and lost.. The book, indeed, is rich in its evaluation of an array of literary works and critical perspectives, and close readings are poignant and incisive. * Edmund Birch, Modern Language Review *
More than once while reading Jennifer Yee's remarkable reclaiming of colonialism and empire in French metropolitan realist novels, I wished that it had been published several years earlier so that my own book could have benefited from its many insights and meticulous research ... The Colonial Comedy likewise earns its title: ample and exacting, witty and generous, it is a deeply probing work of literary and critical scholarship that brings nineteenth-century Realist fiction right into the twenty-first century global context where it belongs. * Susan Hiner, Nineteenth-Century French Studies *

Jennifer Yee is an academic with an international background and a passion for literature. After reading English and French at the University of Sydney, she completed a postgraduate degree and doctorate at the University of Paris VII. She has published widely on French colonial fiction, exoticism, and nineteenth-century fiction more generally, with particular interests in Flaubert, Indochina, colonialism, and gender studies. After teaching in Paris, Toulouse and Newcastle, she came to Oxford where she has been a fellow (or Official Student) of Christ Church, and a member of the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, since 2005.

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ISBN 13	9780198722632
ISBN 10	019872263X
Title	The Colonial Comedy: Imperialism in the French Realist Novel
Author	Jennifer Yee )
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Year published	2016-06-23
Number of pages	272
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