LEADER 03267nam 2200601 450 001 9910789027603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8214-4483-2 035 $a(CKB)3710000000088628 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001134340 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11604156 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001134340 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11161651 035 $a(PQKB)11386913 035 $a(OCoLC)870646808 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse34909 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1743580 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10837922 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1743580 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000088628 100 $a20140302h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMelodramatic imperial writing $efrom the Sepoy Rebellion to Cecil Rhodes /$fNeil Hultgren 210 1$aAthens, Ohio :$cOhio University Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (272 pages) 225 0 $aSeries in Victorian studies Melodramatic imperial writing 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8214-2085-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $a"Melodrama, as an aesthetic, has long been criticized for its reliance on improbable situations and overwhelming emotion. These very aspects, however, made it a useful and appealing literary mode for British imperial propagandists in the late nineteenth century. Though stage melodrama may have been declining in prominence, the melodramatic style influenced many late-Victorian genres outside of the theater-for example, imperialist ballads, detective novels, travel narratives, and romances-and developed a complicated relationship with British imperial discourse. Melodramatic Imperial Writing: From the Sepoy Rebellion to Cecil Rhodes locates melodrama within a new and considerably more complicated history of British imperialism: beyond its use in constructing imperialist fantasies or supporting unjust policies, the melodramatic style also enabled writers to upset narratives of British imperial destiny or racial superiority. This book examines works by both canonical and lesser-known authors writing after the Sepoy Rebellion, including Wilkie Collins, Marie Corelli, Charles Dickens, H. Rider Haggard, W. E. Henley, Rudyard Kipling, Olive Schreiner, and Robert Louis Stevenson, and encompasses representations of British imperialism from India, to South Africa and the South Seas"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aEnglish prose literature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aMelodrama, English$xHistory and criticism 606 $aLiterature and society$zEngland$xHistory 606 $aImperialism in literature 615 0$aEnglish prose literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aMelodrama, English$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aLiterature and society$xHistory. 615 0$aImperialism in literature. 676 $a828/.08 686 $aLIT004120$2bisacsh 700 $aHultgren$b Neil$01533942 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789027603321 996 $aMelodramatic imperial writing$93781092 997 $aUNINA