Title British imperial literature, 1870-1940 : writing and the administration of empire / Daniel Bivona

Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 237 pages) Contents Agents and the problem of agency: the context -- Why Africa needs Europe: from Livingstone to Stanley -- Kipling's "Law" and the division of bureaucratic labor -- Cromer, Gordon, Conrad and the problem of imperial character -- T.E. Lawrence and the erotics of imperial discipline -- Resurrecting individualism: the interwar novel of imperial manners -- Conclusion: work as rule Summary Beginning with a discussion of the bureaucratic imperialism of Lord Cromer, who promoted the imperial governing doctrine of Indirect Rule at the turn of the last century, Daniel Bivona's study traces the more gradual process by which the colonial bureaucratic subject, the figure whose work is rule, was constructed and celebrated in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Britain. Through insightful readings of a number of influential writers who were involved in promoting the ideology of bureaucratic self-sacrifice, the most important of whom were Stanley, Kipling, and T.E. Lawrence, the book then examines how this governing ideology comes in for criticism in the novels of Joseph Conrad and the interwar novels of imperial manners of Joyce Cary and George Orwell. Carefully attentive both to the complexities of individual texts and to the larger historical context, this study makes the original claim that the colonial bureaucrat played an ambiguous but nonetheless central role in both pro-imperial and anti-imperial discourse, his own power relationship with bureaucratic superiors shaping the terms in which the proper relationship between colonizer and colonized was debated Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-233) and index Notes English Print version record Subject English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism Imperialism in literature. Colonies in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. British colonies Colonies in literature English literature Imperialism in literature Colonies -- Administration Bureaucratie. Kolonialisme. Bellettrie. Engels. SUBJECT Great Britain -- Colonies -- Administration -- History -- 20th century Great Britain -- Colonies -- Administration -- History -- 19th century Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 0511004737 9780511004735 0511585152 9780511585159

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