Description
Book SynopsisExplores the British obsession with Gypsies throughout the nineteenth century and into the twentieth. This book traces various representations of Gypsies in the works of various British authors. It explores the histories of nomadic writer George Borrow, the Gypsy Lore Society, Dora Yates, and others.
Trade ReviewA sophisticated, subtle, and highly erudite analysis. -- Panikos Panayi Victorian Studies Extensive descriptive passages... Nuanced and perceptive glimpses into the texts and into the lives, character, nature, and motives of the writers themselves. Journal of British Studies A welcome addition to Romani and literary studies. -- Marianne Zwicker H-Ideas
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Children of Hagar 1. "A Mingled Race": Walter Scott's Gypsies 2. Vagrant and Poet: The Gypsy and the "Strange Disease of Modern Life" 3. In the Beginning Was the Word: George Borrow's Romany Picaresque 4. "Marks of Race": The Impossible Gypsy in George Eliot 5. "The Last Romance": Scholarship and Nostalgia in the Gypsy Lore Society 6. The Phantom Gypsy: Invisibility, Writing, and History Notes Bibliography Index
