Images of Imperial Rule

List of contents

Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction: Robinson Crusoe and the Reading of Colonial Literature; 1. Antecedents 2. Colonial Fiction: A Literary History 3. Imperial Landscapes 4. Slaves and Mistresses 5. Justifications of Empire 6. The Unexpected Elite 7. Colonial Theory and Domestic Practice; Bibliographies; Index

About the author

Hugh Ridley

Summary

Originally published in 1983. In the late nineteenth century as the European powers divided the world between themselves and scrambled over Africa, so their writers went with them, recording in fiction the events and issues of the colonial expansion. The literature which they left behind them is the subject of this book.

Product details

• Authors: Hugh Ridley, Ridley Hugh
• Assisted by: Hugh Ridley (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781138499256
• ISBN: 978-1-138-49925-6
• No. of pages: 196
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: World Empires; Routledge Library Editions: World Empires
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; HISTORY / General, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, General & world history, Colonialism & imperialism, Literature: history & criticism, Colonialism and imperialism, General and world history, Literature: history and criticism