Nineteenth-Century Settler Emigration in British Literature and Art最新文献

Emigration Aesthetics: Elizabeth Gaskell, Charles Dickens and Catherine Helen Spence 移民美学:伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔、查尔斯·狄更斯和凯瑟琳·海伦·斯宾塞

Nineteenth-Century Settler Emigration in British Literature and Art Pub Date : 2018-09-01 DOI: 10.3366/edinburgh/9781474433693.003.0006

Fariha Shaikh

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Emigrant Shipboard Newspapers: Provisional Settlement at Sea 移民船报:海上临时定居

Nineteenth-Century Settler Emigration in British Literature and Art Pub Date : 2018-09-01 DOI: 10.3366/edinburgh/9781474433693.003.0003

Fariha Shaikh

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Printed Emigrants’ Letters: Networks of Affect and Authenticity 印刷移民信件:情感网络与真实性

Nineteenth-Century Settler Emigration in British Literature and Art Pub Date : 2018-09-01 DOI: 10.3366/edinburgh/9781474433693.003.0002

Fariha Shaikh

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Fragmentary Aesthetics: Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill in the Canadian Bush 片断美学:苏珊娜·穆迪和凯瑟琳·帕尔·特雷尔在加拿大丛林

Nineteenth-Century Settler Emigration in British Literature and Art Pub Date : 2018-09-01 DOI: 10.3366/edinburgh/9781474433693.003.0004

Fariha Shaikh

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Conclusion: Structures of Mobility 结论:流动性结构

Nineteenth-Century Settler Emigration in British Literature and Art Pub Date : 2018-09-01 DOI: 10.3366/edinburgh/9781474433693.003.0007

Fariha Shaikh

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Emigration Paintings: Visual Texts and Mobility 移民绘画:视觉文本和流动性

Nineteenth-Century Settler Emigration in British Literature and Art Pub Date : 2018-09-01 DOI: 10.3366/edinburgh/9781474433693.003.0005

Fariha Shaikh

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