The Fiction Of Imperialism
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The Fiction Of Imperialism
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Author : Phillip Darby
language : en
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Release Date : 1998
The Fiction Of Imperialism written by Phillip Darby and has been published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with History categories.
This book examines a range of fiction and criticism as it pertains to colonialism, the North/South engagement and contemporary Third World politics.The Fiction of Imperialism attempts to promote dialogue between international relations and postcolonialism. It addresses the value of fiction to an understanding of the imperial relationship between the West and Asia and Africa. A wide range of fiction and criticism is examined as it pertains to colonialism, in North/South engagement and contemporary Third World politics.The book begins by contrasting the treatment of cross-cultural relations in political studies and literary texts. It then examines the personal as a metaphor for the political in fiction depicting the imperial connection between Britain and India. This is paired with an analysis of African literary texts which takes as its theme the relationship between culture and politics. The concluding chapters approach literature from the outside, considering its apparent silence on economics and realpolitik, and assessing the utility of postcolonial reconceptualization.-- Renewal of interest in imperialism and literary texts about imperialism-- Examines a range of fiction and criticism as it pertains to colonialism, the North/South engagement and contemporary Third World politics.-- First volume in a new series which deals with the differences between culture and politics as well as in ways of seeing and the sources that can be drawn on.
Kipling Conrad The Colonial Fiction
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Author : John A. McClure
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
Kipling Conrad The Colonial Fiction written by John A. McClure and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Literary Criticism categories.
In this skillfully written essay on the fiction of imperialism, John McClure portrays the colonialist--his nature, aspirations, and frustrations--as perceived by Kipling and Conrad. And he relates these perceptions to the world and experiences of both writers. In the stories of the 1880s, McClure shows, Kipling focuses with bitter sympathy on "the white man's burden" in India, the strains produced by early exile, ignorance of India, and the interference of liberal bureaucrats in the business of rule. Later works, including The Jungle Book and Kim, present proposals for imperial education intended to eliminate these strains. Conrad also explores the strains of colonial life, but from a perspective antithetical in many respects to Kipling's. In the Lingard novels and Lord Jim he challenges the imperial image of the colonialist as a wise, benign father protecting his savage dependents. The pessimistic assessment of the colonialist's motives and achievements developed in these works finds full expression, McClure suggests, in Heart of Darkness. And in Nostromo Conrad explores the human dimensions of large-scale capitalist intervention in the colonial world,, finding once again no cause to celebrate imperialism. John McClure's interpretation is forceful but ever attuned to the complexities of the texts discussed.
Imperialism And Juvenile Literature
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Author : Jeffrey Richards
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 1989
Imperialism And Juvenile Literature written by Jeffrey Richards and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Literary Criticism categories.
Many experts recognize that juvenile literature acts as an excellent reflector of the dominant ideas of an age; the values and fantasies of adult authors are often dressed up in fictional garb for youthful consumption. This collection examines a portion of the mass-produced juvenile literature, from the mid-19th century until the 1950s, focusing on the cluster of ideas connected with Britain's role in the maintenance of order and the spread of civilization. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Imperialism At Home
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Author : Susan Meyer
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 1996
Imperialism At Home written by Susan Meyer and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Literary Criticism categories.
The implicit link between white women and "the dark races" recurs persistently in nineteenth-century English fiction. Imperialism at Home examines the metaphorical use of race by three nineteenth-century women novelists: Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, and George Eliot. Susan Meyer argues that each of these domestic novelists uses race relations as a metaphor through which to explore the relationships between men and women at home in England. In the fiction of, for example, Anthony Trollope and Charles Dickens, as in nineteenth-century culture more generally, the subtle and not-so-subtle comparison of white women and people of color is used to suggest their mutual inferiority. The Bronte sisters and George Eliot responded to this comparison, Meyer contends, transforming it for their own purposes. Through this central metaphor, these women novelists work out a sometimes contentious relationship to established hierarchies of race and gender. Their feminist impulses, in combination with their use of race as a metaphor, Meyer argues, produce at times a surprising, if partial, critique of empire. Through readings of Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, The Mill on the Floss, Daniel Deronda, and Charlotte Brontë's African juvenilia, Meyer traces the aesthetically and ideologically complex workings of the racial metaphor. Her analysis is supported by careful attention to textual details and thorough grounding in recent scholarship on the idea of race, and on literature and imperialism.
Imperialism In Joseph Conrad S Heart Of Darkness
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Author : Geoffrey Schöning
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2003-02-20
Imperialism In Joseph Conrad S Heart Of Darkness written by Geoffrey Schöning and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-02-20 with Literary Criticism categories.
Essay from the year 2002 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: A-, University of Auckland (Englisch Department), course: Seminar - Victorian Literature, Stage III (5.-6. Semester), language: English, abstract: ‘He [Kurtz} began with the argument that we whites, from the point of development we had arrived at, “must necessarily appear to them [savages] in the nature of supernatural beings ... by the simple exercise of our will we can exert a power for good practically unbounded” ... It gave me the notion of an exotic Immensity ruled by an august Benevolence.’ (Marlow) Write an essay discussing whether you think Heart of Darkness endorses this view of the colonizing enterprise. Being a student of history, and of European colonialism in particular, I have had the pleasure to hear of Heart of Darkness several times. Whether it was introduced as a literary bonus to lectures on the notorious atrocities in the Congo or merely served as a vague metaphorical reference in scientific and popular articles, Conrad’s novel seemed to produce unanimous tenor. “[One] of fiction’s strongest statements about imperialism”1 it was; one that like “[no] other Victorian literary work addressed so radically [this] great era.”2 Readers like me would thus deny the above quotation in a sort of reflex retort; pointing to the fact that imperial rule might have been immense in its impact on native life but was certainly far from being benevolent. Rapacity and ruthlessness dominated under the spurious cloak of philanthropic interest – just as Heart of Darkness so clearly shows. Apparently. It is the aim of this essay to dive beyond such well-nigh automatic associations and scrutinise the novel’s treatment of imperialism, equipped with the tools of literary method. In which way does Heart of Darkness really depict the colonial enterprise? And what are the long-term consequences this view entails? I.e. what kind of general judgement can be inferred from the novel? Since imperialism is first and foremost a phenomenon rooted in time, insights from the historical discipline might be helpful and, wherever appropriate, will be used too. Conrad himself expressed this belief in synthesis between history and literature, emphasising that the “novelist is a historian, the preserver, the keeper, the expounder, of human experience.”3 Nonetheless, it is the novel, his fictionalised account, which remains the basis of any kind of interpretation. [...]
Heart Of Darkness
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Author : Joseph Conrad
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2019-02-08
Heart Of Darkness written by Joseph Conrad and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-08 with Fiction categories.
Heart of Darkness (1899) is a short novel by Polish novelist Joseph Conrad, written as a frame narrative, about Charles Marlow's experience as an ivory transporter down the Congo River in Central Africa. The river is "a mighty big river, that you could see on the map, resembling an immense snake uncoiled, with its head in the sea, its body at rest curving afar over a vast country, and its tail lost in the depths of the land." In the course of his travel in central Africa, Marlow becomes obsessed with Mr. Kurtz. The story is a complex exploration of the attitudes people hold on what constitutes a barbarian versus a civilized society and the attitudes on colonialism and racism that were part and parcel of European imperialism. Originally published as a three-part serial story, in Blackwood's Magazine, the novella Heart of Darkness has been variously published and translated into many languages. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked Heart of Darkness as the sixty-seventh of the hundred best novels in English of the twentieth century. It is a pleasure to publish this new, high quality, and affordable edition of this book.
The Imperialist
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Author : Sara Jeannette Duncan
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2021-05-19
The Imperialist written by Sara Jeannette Duncan and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-19 with Fiction categories.
This work is set in a fictionalized Brantford when Canada was emerging as a new country but still with strong ties to Britain. Lorne Murchison is the first-generation son of an honorable immigrant family, sure that favored trade with Britain is the only way forward. He is ready to put his reputation in danger to persuade the people of his upwardly mobile Ontario county to agree to his views. But everyone else in the town has their personal opinions about the present and future of Canada. Canada is depicted as a nation coming to grips with an identity entangled with British imperialism. Another intriguing character Advena, who is Lorne's sister has high flown ideals and dreams of her own. She begins an uncommitted relationship with a recently arrived Scottish minister, subtly reflecting the public story. On the other hand, Lorne falls in love with Dora Milburn, whose conservative family is the polar opposite of the liberal Murchisons. The romantic subplot, along with the main political plot, made this work an exciting read and a hit during its time.
Mobilising The Novel
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Author : Johan A. Höglund
language : en
Publisher: Uppsala : Uppsala University Library
Release Date : 1997
Mobilising The Novel written by Johan A. Höglund and has been published by Uppsala : Uppsala University Library this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Fiction categories.
Rider Haggard And The Fiction Of Empire
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Author : Wendy Roberta Katz
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2010-02-11
Rider Haggard And The Fiction Of Empire written by Wendy Roberta Katz and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-02-11 with Literary Criticism categories.
imperial history and politics, as well as to readers of Haggard. --Book Jacket.
Rule Of Darkness
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Author : Patrick Brantlinger
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 1988
Rule Of Darkness written by Patrick Brantlinger and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with History categories.
Rule of Darkness brings together material from public records, memoirs, popular culture, and canonical literature. Brantlinger explores the influence of the novels of Captain Frederick Marryat, pioneer of British adolescent adventure fiction, and shows the importance of William Makepeace Thackeray's experience of India to his novels. He treats a number of Victorian best sellers previously ignored by literary historians, including the Anglo-Indian writer Philip Meadows Taylor's Confessions of a Thug and Seeta. Brantlinger situates explorers' narratives and travelogues by such famous author-adventurers as David Livingstone and Sir Richard Burton in relation to other forms of Victorian and Edwardian prose. Through readings of works by Arthur Conan Doyle, Joseph Conrad, H. Rider Haggard, Rudyard Kipling, John Hobson, and many others, he considers representations of Africa, India, and other non-British parts of the world in both fiction and nonfiction.