A Female Poetics of Empire

Focusing on the late nineteenth century, the book examines how female novelists, travel writers, and painters represented colonial otherness through the lens of exoticism. It delves into the interplay of realism and romance while addressing epistemological concerns about identity and difference, such as self versus other and familiarity versus strangeness. By linking fictional and non-fictional texts with visual art, the author highlights the artistic challenges and conventions of the era in depicting the exotic.