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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452108303321

Autore

Bolton Carol

Titolo

Writing the empire : Robert Southey and Romantic colonialism / / by Carol Bolton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-65321-4

1-317-31539-1

1-281-12495-8

9786611124953

1-85196-544-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (343 p.)

Collana

Enlightenment World ; ; Number 3

Disciplina

821.7

Soggetti

Romanticism - England - History - 19th century

Colonies in literature

Electronic books.

Great Britain Colonies In literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2007 by Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Limited.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1 'Once more I will cry aloud and spare not': Southey's Responses to the African Slave Trade; 2 'Taking possession': Southey's and Wordworth's Romantic America; 3 'Eden's happy vale': Romantic Representations of the South Pacific; 4 Thalaba the Destroyer: Southey's 'Arabian Romance'; 5 The Curse of Kehama: Missionaries, 'Monstrous Mythology' and Empire; Notes; Works Cited; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Bolton examines a broad range of Robert Southey's writing to explore the relationship between Romantic literature and colonial politics during the expansion of Britain's second empire.