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Colonial Narratives/Cultural Dialoguesby Jyotsna Singh
Routledge 1996; US$ 37.95Using Shakespeare as a case in point, this book shows how the study of English Literature was implicated in the ideology of the empires in colonies such as India. The author argues that these studies promote western culture. more...
Classical Mythology in English Literatureby Geoffrey Miles
Routledge 1999; US$ 42.95Brings together a range of English versions of three classical myths, allowing students to explore the ways in which they have been reinterpreted and reinvented by writers throughout history. more...
Routledge Anthology of Renaissance Dramaby Simon Barker; Hilary Hinds
Routledge 2002; US$ 38.95This anthology offers a full introduction to Renaissance theatre in its historical and political contexts, along with newly edited and annotated texts from certain plays. more...
Other Empireby Filiz Turhan
Routledge 2003; US$ 111.00This study provides copious historical context for the role the Ottoman Empire played in the development of imperial discourses in a time when the colonial holdings of Great Britain increased exponentially. more...
Civility, Literature and Culture in British Indiaby Anindyo Roy
Routledge 2004; US$ 110.00This book addresses the idea of 'civility' as a manifestation of the fluidity and ambivalence of imperial power as reflected in British Colonial Literature and Culture. more...
Language and Conquest in Early Modern Irelandby Patricia Palmer
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 33.00The Elizabethan conquest of Ireland sparked off two linguistic events: it initiated the language shift from Irish to English, which constitutes the great drama of Irish cultural history, and it marked the beginnings of English linguistic expansion. Palmer explores the role of language in shaping colonial ideology and English identity. more...
Rousseau, Robespierre and English Romanticismby Gregory Dart; Marilyn Butler; James Chandler
Cambridge University Press 1999; US$ 40.00This book re-examines Rousseau's influence on the French Revolution and on English Romanticism, through his confessional writings and political theory, and their mediation in the speeches and actions of Robespierre. Gregory Dart shows how the writings of Godwin, Wollstonecraft, Wordsworth and Hazlitt engage with the Jacobin tradition after the Terror. more...
Gender, Race, and the Writing of Empireby Paula M. Krebs; Gillian Beer
Cambridge University Press 1999; US$ 36.00This book examines the impact of ideas of race and gender on imperialism through various forms of discourse surrounding the Boer War of 1899-1902: from the writings of Arthur Conan Doyle, Olive Schreiner, H. Rider Haggard and Rudyard Kipling to newspapers, propaganda, and other forms of debate in print. more...
Text, Theory, Spaceby Kate Darian-Smith; Liz Gunner
Routledge 1996; US$ 39.95Focusing on two white settler societies, South Africa and Australia, this book investigates the meaning of 'the South' as an aesthetic, political geographical and cultural space. This is a landmark in post-colonial theory and criticism. more...
Victorian Travel Writing and Imperial Violenceby Laura E. Franey
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2003; US$ 120.00Offering a wide-ranging approach to travel literature's significance in Victorian life, this study explores the cultural and political impact of Victorian travellers' descriptions of physical and verbal violence in Africa. more...