03319nam 22007213u 450 991078775560332120230803032102.01-77558-607-3(CKB)2670000000496409(EBL)1563953(OCoLC)863821886(SSID)ssj0001061613(PQKBManifestationID)11985636(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001061613(PQKBWorkID)11099528(PQKB)10605475(MiAaPQ)EBC1563953(EXLCZ)99267000000049640920160418d2013|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrRifled Sanctuaries[electronic resource] Some Views of the Pacific Islands in Western Literature to 1900Auckland Auckland University Press20131 online resource (94 p.)The Macmillan Brown lectures Rifled sanctuariesDescription based upon print version of record.1-77558-143-8 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; WThe 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 beachcombers, by the exploitative activities of traders, andAmerican literature -- History and criticismEnglish literature -- History and criticismFrench literature -- History and criticismIslands of the Pacific -- Description and travelIslands of the Pacific -- In literatureEnglish literatureHistory and criticismAmerican literatureHistory and criticismFrench literatureHistory and criticismEnglishHILCCLanguages & LiteraturesHILCCEnglish LiteratureHILCCAmerican 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 literatureHistory and criticismAmerican literatureHistory and criticismFrench literatureHistory and criticismEnglishLanguages & LiteraturesEnglish Literature820/.9/36Pearson Bill1922-2002.1096108AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910787755603321Rifled sanctuaries3713063UNINA