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Thomas Burke's Dark Chinoiserie

Limehouse Nights and the Queer Spell of Chinatown

By: Anne Veronica Witchard

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Thomas Burke's Dark Chinoiserie

Limehouse Nights and the Queer Spell of Chinatown

By: Anne Veronica Witchard

Focusing on Thomas Burke's bestselling collection of short stories, Limehouse Nights (1916), this book contextualises the burgeoning cult of Chinatown in turn-of-the-century London. London's 'Chinese Quarter' owed its notoriety to the Yellow Perilism that circulated in Britain at the fin-de-siècle, a demonology of race and vice masked by outward concerns about degenerative metropolitan blight and imperial decline. Anne Witchard's interdisciplinary approach enables her to displace the boundaries that have marked Chinese studies, literary studies, critiques of Orientalism and empire, gender studies, and diasporic research, as she reassesses this critical moment in London's history. In doing so, she brings attention to Burke's hold on popular and critical audiences on both sides of the Atlantic. A much-admired and successful author in his time, Burke in his Chinatown stories destabilizes social orthodoxies in highly complex and contradictory ways. For example, his writing was formative in establishing the 'queer spell' that the very mention of Limehouse would exert on the public imagination, and circulating libraries responded to Burke's portrayal of a hybrid East End where young Cockney girls eat Chow Mein with chopsticks in the local cafés and blithely gamble their housekeeping money at Fan Tan by banning Limehouse Nights. Witchard's book forces us to rethink Burke's influence and shows that China and chinoiserie served as mirrors that reveal the cultural disquietudes of western art and culture.

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512

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Routledge

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135187943X

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9781351879439

The Anastasia Connection

By: Veronica Ross

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The Anastasia Connection

By: Veronica Ross

In The Anastasia Connection, [Ross] has blown open the history of the celebrated and controversial Anastasia, the (murdered?) daughter of Tsar Nicholas II. Ross has created another page-turner yarn; all are sure to enjoy Ross’ newest mystery."— Howard Engel "...a seamless, fascinating narrative...a sophisticated detective novel."— Quill & Quire "[Veronica Ross is among] Canada’s best fiction writers...a real talent."— London Free Press

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212

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Mercury Press (Canada)

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1551280388

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9781551280387

Jesse's Lady

By: Veronica Sattler

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Jesse's Lady

By: Veronica Sattler

Jesse's Lady by Veronica Sattler released on Jul 25, 1996 is available now for purchase.

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534

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Harlequin Treasury-Harlequin Historicals 90s

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0373289316

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9780373289318

Murder in the Park

By: Veronica Heley

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Murder in the Park

By: Veronica Heley

When Ellie Quicke's friend witnesses a pitbull attack, she goes into shock. Soon there are other attacks. Meanwhile, Ellie's personal life is heading for a meltdown. She has no idea that she is the dog's next target until the police question her for a crime she didn't commit.

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226

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0727865781

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9780727865786

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Thomas Burke's Dark Chinoiserie

Thomas Burke's Dark Chinoiserie

The Anastasia Connection

The Anastasia Connection

Jesse's Lady

Jesse's Lady

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Murder in the Park

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