03450nam 2200781Ia 450 991045076500332120200520144314.01-281-29178-197866112917851-84714-382-2(CKB)1000000000412805(EBL)436058(OCoLC)290594188(SSID)ssj0000223054(PQKBManifestationID)11187883(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000223054(PQKBWorkID)10181907(PQKB)10318458(MiAaPQ)EBC436058(Au-PeEL)EBL436058(CaPaEBR)ebr10224713(CaONFJC)MIL129178(OCoLC)893333414(EXLCZ)99100000000041280519991018d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe poetics of empire[electronic resource] a study of James Grainger's The sugar-cane /John GilmoreLondon ;New Brunswick, NJ Athlone Press ;Somerset, N.J. Distributed in the U.S. by Transaction Publishers20001 online resource (353 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-485-11539-5 0-485-12148-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-332) and index.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; IndexFirst 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 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 tDidactic poetry, EnglishHistory and criticismPlantation life in literatureSugarcane industryPoetryImperialism in literatureAgriculture in literaturePlantation lifePoetryImperialismPoetrySugarcanePoetryCaribbean AreaIn literatureCaribbean AreaPoetryElectronic books.Didactic poetry, EnglishHistory and criticism.Plantation life in literature.Sugarcane industryImperialism in literature.Agriculture in literature.Plantation lifeImperialismSugarcane811Gilmore John1956-970703Grainger James1721?-1766.970704MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450765003321The poetics of empire2206293UNINA