: British literature and imperialism, 1830-1914 Brantlinger, Patrick creator Brantlinger, Patrick text Ithaca : Cornell University Press 1988 monographic eng

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336 pages 24cm. A major contribution to the cultural and literary history of the Victorian age, this book maps the complex relationship between Victorian literary forms, genres, and theories and imperialist, racist ideology IntroductionPART I. DAWN1. From Dawn Island to Heart of Darkness2. Bringing Up the Empire: Captain Marryats MidshipmenPART II. NOON3. Thackeray's India4. Black Swans; or, Botany Bay Eclogues5. The New Crusades6. The Genealogy of the Myth of the "Dark Continent"7. The Well at Cawnpore: Literary Representations of the Indian Mutiny of 1857PART III. DUSK8. Imperial Gothic: Atavism and the Occult in the British Adventure Novel, 1880-19149. Epilogue: Kurtz's "Darkness" and Conrad's Heart of DarknessNotesIndex / Patrick Brantlinger Literature English literatures English & Old English literatures English & Old English (Anglo-Saxon) literatures English Literature -- History And Criticism -- 19Th Century English Literature -- History And Criticism -- 20Th Century 820.9358 BRA 9780801497674 :Brijwasi Book Distributors :H-87, Lalita Park laxmi Nagar Delhi 110092 190826 20190918110441.0