04235nam 22006735 450 99624792190331620210618032706.00-226-75299-210.7208/9780226752990(CKB)1000000000396157(MH)001963323-8(SSID)ssj0000084604(PQKBManifestationID)11126439(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000084604(PQKBWorkID)10169643(PQKB)10339686(MiAaPQ)EBC3038768(DE-B1597)524190(OCoLC)1135582390(DE-B1597)9780226752990(dli)HEB01397(MiU)MIU01000000000000003602970(EXLCZ)99100000000039615720200424h20101990 fg 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrOracles of Empire Poetry, Politics, and Commerce in British America, 1690-1750 /David S. ShieldsChicago :University of Chicago Press,[2010]©19901 online resource (xiv, 295 p. )ill. ;Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-336-19712-9 0-226-75298-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --Introduction. The Issue of Empire in the Literary Self-Understanding of British Americans --1 . The Literary Topology of Mercantilism --2. The Tide of Empire --3. The Material Redeemers --4. Staples --5. The Problem of the Prerogative --6. The Paper Wars in Massachusetts --7. The Spread of Boston Principles --8. Empire of Evil --9. Gallic Perfidy --10. The Tenuousness of Imperial Identity --Notes --Bibliography of Primary Sources --IndexThis innovative look at previously neglected poetry in British America represents a major contribution to our understanding of early American culture. Spanning the period from the Glorious Revolution (1690) to the end of King George's War (1750), this study critically reconstitutes the literature of empire in the thirteen colonies, Canada, and the West Indies by investigating over 300 texts in mixed print and manuscript sources, including poems in pamphlets and newspapers. British America's poetry of empire was dominated by three issues: mercantilism's promise that civilization and wealth would be transmitted from London to the provinces; the debate over the extent of metropolitan prerogatives in law and commerce when they obtruded upon provincial rights and interests; and the argument that Britain's imperium pelagi was an ethical empire, because it depended upon the morality of trade, while the empires of Spain and France were immoral empires because they were grounded upon conquest. In discussing these issues, Shields provides a virtual anthology of poems long lost to students of American literature.American poetryColonial period, ca. 1600-1775History and criticismPolitical poetry, AmericanHistory and criticismImperialism in literatureCommerce in literatureColonies in literatureUnited StatesIntellectual life18th centurypoetry, poems, literature, literary, commerce, political, politics, british america, early american culture, cultural studies, glorious revolution, king george war, empire, colonies, colonial, canada, west indies, mercantilism, civilization, wealth, london, law, ethics, morality, morals, colonialism, mercantile, liberty, monarchy, imperialism, imperialist, united states, 18th century.American poetryHistory and criticism.Political poetry, AmericanHistory and criticism.Imperialism in literature.Commerce in literature.Colonies in literature.811/.109358Shields David S.1951-authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut552572DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK996247921903316Oracles of Empire973351UNISA