LEADER 03005nam 2200529 450 001 9910794128803321 005 20200915150004.0 010 $a1-4214-3808-9 035 $a(CKB)4100000011267003 035 $a(OCoLC)1155924995 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse81833 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6210737 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011267003 100 $a20200915d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe forms of informal empire $eBritain, Latin America, and nineteenth-century literature /$fJessie Reeder 210 1$aBaltimore :$cJohns Hopkins University Press,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource 311 $a1-4214-3807-0 311 $a1-4214-3806-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction. Freedom and Empire in the Nineteenth Century -- Part I. Progress and Informal Empire, 1808-1875: Sequence, Protagonist, Paradox. Chapter 1: (In)dependence: Simo?n Boli?var 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 Lo?pez 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. 330 $a"This is a work of comparative literary study that examines the influence of Great Britain's informal empire in Latin America that followed Spain's relinquishment of its New World formal empire. The author finds effects of informal empire (involving maritime trade and markets primarily) in the literary forms of novels, poems, and letters. Britain's informal empire in Latin America lasted from the early nineteenth century until the 1920s"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aInfluence (Literary, artistic, etc.)$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aEnglish literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEnglish literature$y19th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aImperialism in literature 606 $aColonies in literature 607 $aLatin America$xIn literature 615 0$aInfluence (Literary, artistic, etc.)$xHistory 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aImperialism in literature. 615 0$aColonies in literature. 676 $a820.93588 700 $aReeder$b Jessie$f1982-$01577805 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910794128803321 996 $aThe forms of informal empire$93856680 997 $aUNINA