03005nam 2200529 450 991079412880332120200915150004.01-4214-3808-9(CKB)4100000011267003(OCoLC)1155924995(MdBmJHUP)muse81833(MiAaPQ)EBC6210737(EXLCZ)99410000001126700320200915d2020 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe forms of informal empire Britain, Latin America, and nineteenth-century literature /Jessie ReederBaltimore :Johns Hopkins University Press,2020.1 online resource1-4214-3807-0 1-4214-3806-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction. Freedom and Empire in the Nineteenth Century -- Part I. Progress and Informal Empire, 1808-1875: Sequence, Protagonist, Paradox. Chapter 1: (In)dependence: Simón Bolívar and Revolutionary Forms of Progress. Chapter 2: "Dependant Kings": Anna Barbauld and a Paradox Deterred. Chapter 3: The Collapse of Historical Telos: Anthony Trollope and Victorian Informal Empire -- Part II: Family and Informal Empire, 1840-1926: Origin, Relation, Hybridity. Chapter 4: Re-membering the Nation: Vicente López and the Consolidation of Informal Empire. Chapter 5: The Antagonism of Valid Fiancees: H. Rider Haggard and Informal Empire at the Fin de Siecle. Chapter 6: Where Progress and Family (Fail to) Meet: William Henry Hudson and the Industrialization of the PampasCoda."This is a work of comparative literary study that examines the influence of Great Britain's informal empire in Latin America that followed Spain's relinquishment of its New World formal empire. The author finds effects of informal empire (involving maritime trade and markets primarily) in the literary forms of novels, poems, and letters. Britain's informal empire in Latin America lasted from the early nineteenth century until the 1920s"--Provided by publisher.Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)History19th centuryEnglish literature20th centuryHistory and criticismEnglish literature19th centuryHistory and criticismImperialism in literatureColonies in literatureLatin AmericaIn literatureInfluence (Literary, artistic, etc.)HistoryEnglish literatureHistory and criticism.English literatureHistory and criticism.Imperialism in literature.Colonies in literature.820.93588Reeder Jessie1982-1577805MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910794128803321The forms of informal empire3856680UNINA