| Description |
1 online resource (xxix, 277 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Monarchs of all they survey -- Disciplined islands : white fatherhood, homosocial masculinity, and law -- Voracious cannibals, rapacious pirates, and threats of counterincorporation -- "Falling to the lowest degree of brutishness" : wild men, monsters, and the bestial taint -- Island parodies and Crusoe pantomimes : resistance from within -- The U.S. island fantasy, or cast away with Gilligan |
| Summary |
Through a detailed unpacking of the castaway genre's appeal in English literature, Empire Islands forwards our understanding of the sociopsychology of British Empire. Rebecca Weaver-Hightower argues convincingly that by helping generations of readers to make sense of, and perhaps feel better about, imperial aggression, the castaway story in effect enabled the expansion and maintenance of European empire. Empire Islands asks why so many colonial authors chose islands as the setting for their stor |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-265) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Islands in literature.
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English fiction -- History and criticism
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English fiction -- English-speaking countries -- History and criticism
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Castaways in literature.
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Imperialism in literature.
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Cannibalism in literature.
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Pirates in literature.
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Monsters in literature.
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Psychology in literature.
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Psychoanalysis and literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
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Cannibalism in literature
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Castaways in literature
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English fiction
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Imperialism in literature
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Islands in literature
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Monsters in literature
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Pirates in literature
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Psychoanalysis and literature
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Psychology in literature
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English-speaking countries
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780816698707 |
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0816698708 |
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