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UNINA9911026130103321 |
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Autore |
Huggins Horatio Nelson <1830-1895, > |
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Titolo |
Hiroona : an historical romance in poetic form / / Reverend Canon Horatio Nelson Huggins ; edited, with annotations and an introduction by Desha Amelia Osborne |
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Kingston, Jamaica : , : The University of the West Indies Press, , 2015 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (287 pages) |
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Soggetti |
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Narrative poetry, English |
Saint Vincent History Carib War, 1795-1796 Poetry |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Contents -- Notes on Editing -- Introduction -- Original Foreword -- Original Preface -- Introduction -- Hiroona Discovered -- Canto I -- Early History of St Vincent -- Canto II -- Mutterings of Coming War -- Canto III -- French Intrigue and War Begins -- Canto IV -- A Carib Raid -- Canto v -- RanÈe -- Canto vI -- The Caribs Sweep All Before Them -- Canto VII -- Caribs Repulsed: Chetwayé Falls -- Canto VIII -- Victory Fluctuates -- Canto IX -- The War Continues. England's Star Ascending -- Canto X -- Events of the War: RanÈe Slain -- Canto XI -- Hiroona Falls -- Canto XII -- Hiroona's Doom -- Appendix -- The Holiday -- Notes -- Acknowledgements. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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With over nine thousand lines of rhyming verse, Hiroona: An Historical Romance in Poetic Form tells the fictionalized story of the "Second Carib War" of 1795-97 between Great Britain and the people then known as the Black Caribs with the aid of France. |
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