1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910464439203321

Autore

Hultgren Neil

Titolo

Melodramatic imperial writing : from the Sepoy Rebellion to Cecil Rhodes / / Neil Hultgren

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, Ohio : , : Ohio University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-8214-4483-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 pages)

Collana

Series in Victorian studies Melodramatic imperial writing

Disciplina

828/.08

Soggetti

English prose literature - History and criticism

Melodrama, English - History and criticism

Literature and society - England - History

Imperialism in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

"Melodrama, as an aesthetic, has long been criticized for its reliance on improbable situations and overwhelming emotion. These very aspects, however, made it a useful and appealing literary mode for British imperial propagandists in the late nineteenth century. Though stage melodrama may have been declining in prominence, the melodramatic style influenced many late-Victorian genres outside of the theater-for example, imperialist ballads, detective novels, travel narratives, and romances-and developed a complicated relationship with British imperial discourse.  Melodramatic Imperial Writing: From the Sepoy Rebellion to Cecil Rhodes locates melodrama within a new and considerably more complicated history of British imperialism: beyond its use in constructing imperialist fantasies or supporting unjust policies, the melodramatic style also enabled writers to upset narratives of British imperial destiny or racial superiority. This book examines works by both canonical and lesser-known authors writing after the Sepoy Rebellion, including Wilkie Collins, Marie Corelli, Charles Dickens, H. Rider Haggard, W. E. Henley, Rudyard Kipling, Olive



Schreiner, and Robert Louis Stevenson, and encompasses representations of British imperialism from India, to South Africa and the South Seas"--

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910633897603321

Titolo

Música y danza en el "Diario de Madrid" (1758-1808) : noticias, avisos y artículos/ / recopilación e índices, Yolanda F. Acker ; coordinación editorial, José Ignacio Cano Martín

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madrid, : Instituto Nacional de las Artes Escénicas y de la Música, Centro de Documentación de Música y Danza, 2007

ISBN

9788487781440

Descrizione fisica

500 p. : ill. ; 25 cm

Disciplina

780.946

792.80946

Locazione

FARBC

Collocazione

FONDO CERVANTES 72

Lingua di pubblicazione

Spagnolo

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



3.

Record Nr.

UNICASUMC0093618

Autore

Schanz, Martin

Titolo

1: Die romische Literatur in der Zeit der Republik / von Martin Schanz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Munchen, : C.H. Beck, 1966

Edizione

[4. neubearbeitete Aufl.]

Descrizione fisica

XIII, 654 p. ; 25 cm.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia