Writing the Empire - Robert Southey and Romantic Colonialism

Informationen zum Autor Carol Bolton Klappentext Examines a range of Robert Southey's writing to explore the relationship between Romantic literature and colonial politics during the expansion of Britain's second empire. This study draws upon a range of interdisciplinary materials to consider the impact of his work upon nineteenth-century views of empire. Zusammenfassung Examines a range of Robert Southey's writing to explore the relationship between Romantic literature and colonial politics during the expansion of Britain's second empire. This study draws upon a range of interdisciplinary materials to consider the impact of his work upon nineteenth-century views of empire. Inhaltsverzeichnis figu1 William Henry Egleton, engraving after John Opie, Robert Southey (1806). By permission of the Wordsworth Trust., Carol Bolton; Chapter 1 ‘Once More I Will Cry Aloud and Spare Not’: Southey’s Responses to the African Slave Trade, Carol Bolton; Chapter 2 ‘Taking Possession’: Southey’s and Wordsworth’s Romantic America, Carol Bolton; Chapter 3 ‘Eden’s Happy Vale’: Romantic Representations of the South Pacific, Carol Bolton; Chapter 4 Thalaba the Destroyer: Southey’s ‘Arabian Romance’, Carol Bolton; Chapter 5 The Curse of Kehama: Missionaries, ‘Monstrous Mythology’ and Empire, Carol Bolton;

Product details

• Authors: Carol Bolton, Bolton Carol
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.10.2007
• EAN: 9781851968633
• ISBN: 978-1-85196-863-3
• No. of pages: 332
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 32 mm
• Series: The Enlightenment World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: poetry and poets