Writing the Empire: Robert Southey and Romantic ColonialismPickering & Chatto, 2007 - 332 pagina's 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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... position of trust . It also implies , through the process of inheritance , a further transmission to posterity of this knowledge . On the face of it , given the twentieth - century neglect of his work , Southey's conception of the man ...
... position of trust . It also implies , through the process of inheritance , a further transmission to posterity of this knowledge . On the face of it , given the twentieth - century neglect of his work , Southey's conception of the man ...
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... positions of wealth . His writing attempted to open eyes of those ' reclining upon the couch of happiness ' ( a line which echoes Wat Tyler's ' On the couch of ease to lie ' ) to their faults in maintaining an unequal position . With ...
... positions of wealth . His writing attempted to open eyes of those ' reclining upon the couch of happiness ' ( a line which echoes Wat Tyler's ' On the couch of ease to lie ' ) to their faults in maintaining an unequal position . With ...
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... position is also the message of his poem ' The Female Vagrant ' ( Lyrical Ballads , 1798 ) . Southey however felt that colonization of land abroad would provide opportunities for those like himself who were disenchanted with the British ...
... position is also the message of his poem ' The Female Vagrant ' ( Lyrical Ballads , 1798 ) . Southey however felt that colonization of land abroad would provide opportunities for those like himself who were disenchanted with the British ...
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African Slave Trade | 15 |
Southeys and Wordsworths Romantic America | 69 |
Romantic Representations of the South Pacific | 113 |
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