In tracing the histories of these poems and the poets who wrote them, this book provides an alternate account of nineteenth-century British poetry and, more broadly, of settler colonial culture.
Feminist philosopher Sinead Murphy was appalled to discover the advice given by the million-copy selling dating book The Rules (Grand Central, 2001), which teaches women about 'capturing the heart of Mr Right'. Instead, she suggests that the novels of Jane Austen, with their precise and eloquent prose, ...
