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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Opium, the Orient and the British Empire - Fears Relating to Matters of Imperialism, British Culture and National Identity
3. Fear and Fascination in Dickens’s “Lazarus Lotus Eating”
3.1. The Narrator’s Xenophobic Attitude towards the Beggar Lazarus and his Chinese Countrymen
3.2. Revealing Racial Stereotypes, Prejudices and Xenophobia in Victorian Society - The Narrator’s Fascinating Journey through London’s East End to the Opium Den .....
3.3. The Description of the Opium Den as a Place of Delight and Trepidation and the Ambiguous Portrayal of the Pitiful and Dangerous-looking Oriental Opium Smokers
3.4. The Secrets of the Mysterious Old Opium Den Owner Yahee
3.5. English Woman in the Opium Den - Anxieties about Racial Purity and the Destabilization of English Domestic Life
3.6. An Attitude of Tolerance and Understanding - The Narrator’s Changed Perception of Lazarus and the Oriental Opium Smokers
4. Conclusion
5. Bibliography
5.1. Primary Literature
5.2. Secondary Literature
- Citation du texte
- Sabrina Rutner (Auteur), 2016, Dickens's Early Portrayal of a Victorian Opium Den in "Lazarus Lotus Eating" (1866), Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/369942
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