Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction: The Lyricism of the State 1
5. 1 An Imperial Origin Story: Aloof Rule in Schreiner’s The Story of an African Farm 26
6. 2 ‘‘Rather a Geographical Expression Than a Country’’ State Fantasy and the Production of Victorian Afghanistan 45
7. 3 The Rise of the State as a Sympathetic Liberal Subject in Hardy’s The Woodlanders 85
8. 4 The Space of Optimism: State Fantasy and the Case of Gissing’s The Odd Women 109
9. 5 Hysterical Citizenship in Grand’s The Heavenly Twins 131
10. Coda 161
11. Notes 163
12. Bibliography 171
13. Index 183