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UNINA9910787755603321 |
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Pearson Bill <1922-2002.> |
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Titolo |
Rifled Sanctuaries [[electronic resource] ] : Some Views of the Pacific Islands in Western Literature to 1900 |
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Auckland, : Auckland University Press, 2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (94 p.) |
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Collana |
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The Macmillan Brown lectures Rifled sanctuaries |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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American literature -- History and criticism |
English literature -- History and criticism |
French literature -- History and criticism |
Islands of the Pacific -- Description and travel |
Islands of the Pacific -- In literature |
English literature - History and criticism |
American literature - History and criticism |
French literature - History and criticism |
English |
Languages & Literatures |
English Literature |
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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 contenuto |
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Cover; Copyright ; Dedication ; Acknowledgements; Contents; 1 Fall from Grace; 2 Rescue and Captivity; 3 Views from the Beach; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W |
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The Pacific Islands began to appear in Western literature soon after European navigators made landfall there. From the first, there was seldom a statement of plain facts. Explorers brought their own viewpoints while editors, poets and novelists went on to interpret and moralise the first accounts. Portraying Pacific peoples as sensual, indolent, childlike and - frequently - wicked, such stories implied the duty of Europeans to rule and of the natives to be grateful. Modified though it sometimes was by the more accepting attitudes of |
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