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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Bolton, Carol. Writing the empire. London : Pickering & Chatto, 2007 (OCoLC)607757157 |
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| Named Person: | Robert Southey; Robert Southey |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Carol Bolton |
| ISBN: | 9781851968633 1851968636 |
| OCLC Number: | 82672380 |
| Description: | x, 332 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | 'Once more I will cry aloud and spare not': Southey's Responses to the African Slave Trade -- 'Taking possession': Southey's and Wordsworth's Romantic America -- 'Eden's happy vale': Romantic Representations of the South Pacific -- Thalaba the Destroyer: Southey's 'Arabian romance' -- The Curse of Kehama: Missionaries, 'monstrous mythology' and Empire. |
| Series Title: | Enlightenment world. |
| Responsibility: | by Carol Bolton. |
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Abstract:
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.
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'will become essential reading for both academics and students in the field' BARS Bulletin & Review 'an important book. Bolton's readings are careful, thoroughly documented and illuminated by some detailed consideration of Southey's correspondence and literary journalism. It will inspire and intensify further scholarly debate while the Southeyan recuperation goes on apace.' Byron Journal Read more...
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