Reforming empire : Protestant colonialism and conscience in British literature /

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""The strength of Empire," wrote Ben Jonson, "is in religion." In Reforming Empire, Christopher Hodgkins takes Jonson's dictum as his point of departure, showing how for more than four centuries the Protestant imagination gave the British Empire its main paradigms for d...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hodgkins, Christopher, 1958-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2002.
Temas:
English literature > Protestant authors > History and criticism.
Imperialism in literature.
Protestants > Great Britain > Intellectual life.
Protestantism and literature.
Conscience in literature.
Colonies in literature.
Impérialisme dans la littérature.
Protestants > Grande-Bretagne > Vie intellectuelle.
Protestantisme et littérature.
Conscience (Morale) dans la littérature.
Colonies dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Colonies in literature
Conscience in literature
English literature > Protestant authors
Imperialism in literature
Protestantism and literature
Protestants > Intellectual life
Great Britain
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Binding Ties
  • Once-and-Future Kings The "Matter of Britain" and Protestant Imperial Recovery from John Dee to Cymbeline
  • The Uses of Atrocity Satanic Spaniards, Hispanic Satans, and the "Black Legend " from Las Casas to Milton
  • Stooping to Conquer Heathen Idolatry, Protestant Humility, and the "White Legend" of Drake
  • The Nubile Savage and the Soulless Slave Imagining Race from Pocahontas to the Colonial Color Line
  • Prophets against Empire Countertraditions, 1516-1815
  • "Hollow All Delight!" Countertraditions, 1815-1945.

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