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20 de nov. de 2015 · Agnes Keith, therefore, comes across as a highly unusual or unorthodox memsahib for several reasons. One reason is because, in addition to being a colonial officer’s wife, she is a writer, thus predisposed to another, almost opposing role or function, one involving imagination and critical reflection.
As Agnes Keith, whose writing forms the focal point of this book, credibly surmises, Borneo remained, even towards the end of the colonial period, a dark and mysterious land to people in the West, largely populated, as they imagined, by tribes of headhunters. At its core, this book questions the very concept of “colonial” writing and, by ...
Lady Agnes Keith (sometimes called Annas or Anna) lived from some time around 1540 to 16 July 1588. Born into Scottish nobility she briefly became one of the most powerful women in the country. The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline. Lady Agnes Keith was born at Dunnottar Castle, the daughter of William ...
Agnes Keith published seven books in all during her life, beginning with "Land Below the Wind" in 1939 in which she described her life in British colony of Sandakan in Borneo since 1934. It went to be quite widely known in pre-war Asia, but it was her second book, "Three came home", published in 1947 that became a bestseller and is definitely her most important publication.
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KEITH, Agnes NewtonBorn 6 July 1901, Oak Park, Illinois; died March 1982Daughter of Joseph G. and Grace Goodwillie Newton; married Henry G. Keith, 1934 Source for information on Keith, Agnes Newton: American Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide from Colonial Times to the Present dictionary.
Agnes Keith House (formerly known as the Newlands) (Malay: Rumah Agnes Keith) is a historic house museum in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia. The museum is named after Agnes Newton Keith , an American author known for her three autobiographical accounts of life in British North Borneo .
9 de mai. de 2019 · Apabila perang dunia kedua meletus, Agnes Keith dan keluarganya pulang ke Amerika Syarikat. Apabila perang berakhir, mereka kembali ke Borneo Utara pada tahun 1946 namun malangnya rumah yang mereka diami musnah teruk sepanjang perang berlangsung. Rumah agam berkenaan dibina kembali untuk didiami keluarga Keith dan mendapat nama sebagai ...
