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UNINA9910450765003321 |
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Autore |
Gilmore John <1956-> |
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The poetics of empire [[electronic resource] ] : a study of James Grainger's The sugar-cane / / John Gilmore |
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London ; ; New Brunswick, NJ, : Athlone Press |
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Somerset, N.J., : Distributed in the U.S. by Transaction Publishers, 2000 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-29178-1 |
9786611291785 |
1-84714-382-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (353 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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GraingerJames <1721?-1766.> |
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Disciplina |
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Didactic poetry, English - History and criticism |
Plantation life in literature |
Sugarcane industry |
Imperialism in literature |
Agriculture in literature |
Plantation life |
Imperialism |
Sugarcane |
Electronic books. |
Caribbean Area In literature |
Caribbean Area Poetry |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-332) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Notes to Introduction; The Sugar-Cane: A Poem; Appendix I: ""Great Homer deignd to sing of little Mice""; Appendix II: Bryan and Pereene; Appendix III: Colonel Martin's directions for planting and sugar-making; Appendix IV: Ramsay's account of a plantation day; Additional Notes to The Sugar-Cane; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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First published in 1764, The Sugar-Cane is a major work in the history of Anglophone Caribbean literature. It is the only poem written in the Caribbean before the Twentieth Century to achieve a place in the |
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Western 'canon'. Grainger sought to interpret his personal experience of the Caribbean through his wide and deep reading in literature, from the Greeks to Milton. Grainger wrote a 'West India Georgic', challenging assumptions about poetic diction and the proper subject matter of poetry, and boldly asserting the importance of the Caribbean to the Eighteenth Century British empire.. This is t |
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UNINA9910712034403321 |
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Autore |
Collins Brian Daniel |
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Evaluation of landslide monitoring in the Polish Carpathians / / by Brian D. Collins [and six others] |
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Reston, Virginia : , : U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 2011 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (v, 30 pages) : illustration, color map |
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Collana |
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Open-file report ; ; 2011-1001 |
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Soggetti |
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Landslide hazard analysis - Poland |
Landslide hazard analysis - Carpathian Mountains |
Carpathian Mountains Environmental conditions |
Europe Carpathian Mountains |
Poland |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"Prepared in cooperation with the Polish Geological Institute." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 27-28). |
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