| Victorian Travel Writing and Imperial Violence: British Writing on Africa, 1855-1902 2003 Edition Contributor(s): Franey, Laura E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1403905088 ISBN-13: 9781403905086 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2003 Annotation: Travel narratives provide a rich entry into the shifting meanings of colonialism as formal imperialism replaced informal control in the nineteenth century. Offering a wide-ranging approach to travel literature's significance in Victorian life, this book features analysis of physical and verbal violence in major exploration narratives as well as lesser-known volumes and newspaper accounts of expeditions. It also presents new perspectives on Olive Schreiner and Joseph Conrad by linking violence in their fictional travelogues with the rhetoric of humanitarian trusteeship. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Travel | Essays & Travelogues - Travel | Africa - General |
| Dewey: 828.809 |
| LCCN: 2003051764 |
| Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.87" H x 5.7" W x 8.82" (0.87 lbs) 220 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This study explores the cultural and political impact of Victorian travelers' descriptions of physical and verbal violence in Africa. Travel narratives provide a rich entry into the shifting meanings of colonialism, as formal imperialism replaced informal control in the Nineteenth century. Offering a wide-ranging approach to travel literature's significance in Victorian life, this book features analysis of physical and verbal violence in major exploration narratives as well as lesser-known volumes and newspaper accounts of expeditions. It also presents new perspectives on Olive Schreiner and Joseph Conrad by linking violence in their fictional travelogues with the rhetoric of humanitarian trusteeship. |