LEADER 04235nam 22006735 450 001 996247921903316 005 20210618032706.0 010 $a0-226-75299-2 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226752990 035 $a(CKB)1000000000396157 035 $a(MH)001963323-8 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000084604 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11126439 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000084604 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10169643 035 $a(PQKB)10339686 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3038768 035 $a(DE-B1597)524190 035 $a(OCoLC)1135582390 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226752990 035 $a(dli)HEB01397 035 $a(MiU)MIU01000000000000003602970 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000396157 100 $a20200424h20101990 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOracles of Empire $ePoetry, Politics, and Commerce in British America, 1690-1750 /$fDavid S. Shields 210 1$aChicago :$cUniversity of Chicago Press,$d[2010] 210 4$dİ1990 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 295 p. )$cill. ; 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a1-336-19712-9 311 0 $a0-226-75298-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction. The Issue of Empire in the Literary Self-Understanding of British Americans --$t1 . The Literary Topology of Mercantilism --$t2. The Tide of Empire --$t3. The Material Redeemers --$t4. Staples --$t5. The Problem of the Prerogative --$t6. The Paper Wars in Massachusetts --$t7. The Spread of Boston Principles --$t8. Empire of Evil --$t9. Gallic Perfidy --$t10. The Tenuousness of Imperial Identity --$tNotes --$tBibliography of Primary Sources --$tIndex 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aAmerican poetry$yColonial period, ca. 1600-1775$xHistory and criticism 606 $aPolitical poetry, American$xHistory and criticism 606 $aImperialism in literature 606 $aCommerce in literature 606 $aColonies in literature 607 $aUnited States$xIntellectual life$y18th century 610 $apoetry, poems, literature, literary, commerce, political, politics, british america, early american culture, cultural studies, glorious revolution, king george war, empire, colonies, colonial, canada, west indies, mercantilism, civilization, wealth, london, law, ethics, morality, morals, colonialism, mercantile, liberty, monarchy, imperialism, imperialist, united states, 18th century. 615 0$aAmerican poetry$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aPolitical poetry, American$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aImperialism in literature. 615 0$aCommerce in literature. 615 0$aColonies in literature. 676 $a811/.109358 700 $aShields$b David S.$f1951-$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0552572 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996247921903316 996 $aOracles of Empire$9973351 997 $aUNISA