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Autore |
Gilmore John <1956-> |
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Titolo |
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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Soggetti |
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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 |
Caribbean Area In literature |
Caribbean Area Poetry |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
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 Western 'canon'. Grainger sought to interpret his personal experience |
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