The Imaginary Voyage in Prose Fiction
Author : Philip Babcock Gove
Publisher : Octagon Press, Limited
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 17,1 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Fiction
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Author : Philip Babcock Gove
Publisher : Octagon Press, Limited
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 17,1 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Fiction
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Author : Philip Babcock Gove
Publisher :
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 32,1 MB
Release : 1941
Category : Fiction
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Author : Philip Babcock Gove
Publisher :
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 17,5 MB
Release : 1961
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Author : Philip Babcock Gove
Publisher :
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 22,99 MB
Release : 1941
Category : Fiction
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Author : Paul Longley Arthur
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 39,57 MB
Release : 2011-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781843313182
'Virtual Voyages' is a fascinating account of the European discovery of the elusive 'great south land' told through the literature of 'imaginary voyages'. Written at the height of the era of European maritime exploration, these bizarre and captivating tales, with their wildly imaginative visions of antipodean inversion and strangeness, reveal a hidden history of attitudes to colonization. By exposing the relationship between myth and reality in the antipodes, this book casts new light on the power of fiction to influence history. In the post-colonial studies field, books about travel writing and empire have tended to focus on the high period of nineteenth-century imperialism and on the colonial settings of Africa and India. This book offers a fresh perspective by focussing on the eighteenth century, and referring to the geographical region of Australia and the Pacific, which has had far less attention. The book also breaks new ground by being the first to approach the genre of the imaginary voyage from a post-colonial perspective. In addition to the new insights into European colonialism that it offers, the book illustrates many broader themes in eighteenth-century history and thought. These include connections between the rise of science and modern imperialism, the development of narrative history and fiction and the influence of romanticism, the evolution of the early novel in Britain and France, and the role of mythology in the development of national identity.
Author : Philip Babcock GOVE
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Page : pages
File Size : 46,24 MB
Release : 1941
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Page : pages
File Size : 40,27 MB
Release : 1961
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Author : John Horden
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 45,76 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Author : Graeme Harper
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 48,62 MB
Release : 2002-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1847142168
Drawing together for the first time original work from international specialists, this book assesses the role and character of comedy and fantasy in colonial societies from India to Ireland, Australia to Cuba, Africa to North America. There are cross-cultural comparisons and consideration of both imperial responses and colonized resistance. The book deals with oral as well as written traditions, the history of comic and fantastic discourse, visual, theatrical and literary representations as well as historical and cultural accounts.
Author : Firdous Azim
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 31,32 MB
Release : 2002-03-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1134866089
In this challening book, Firdous Azim, provides a feminist critique of orthodox accounts of the `rise of the novel' and exposes the underlying orientalist assumptions of the early English novel. Whereas previous studies have emphasized the universality of the coherent and consistent subject which found expression in the novels of the eighteenth century, Azim demonstrtes how certain categories: women and people of colour, were silenced and excluded. The Colonial Rise of the Novel makes an important and provocative contribution to post-colonial and feminist criticism. It will be essential reading for all teachers and students of English literature, women's studies, and post-colonial criticism.