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"Savage Songs & Wild Romances considers the various types of poetry - from short songs and laments to lengthy ethnographic epics - which nineteenth-century settlers wrote about indigenous peoples as they moved into new territories in North America, South Africa, and Australasia. Drawing on...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: O'Leary, John (Writer-researcher)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Rodopi, 2011.
Temas:
Indians in literature.
Noble savage stereotype in literature.
Bon sauvage dans la littérature.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Noble savage stereotype in literature
Indians in literature
Literary criticism
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Illustrations; Introduction; 1 Texts in Context:
  • Nineteenth-Century Settler Culture; 2 "Bold, unfettered rhapsodies":
  • Nineteenth-Century Versifications of Indigenous Orature ; 3 "We owe them all that we possess":
  • 'Savage' Songs and Laments; 4 "Unlocking the fountains of the heart":
  • Settler Verse and the Politics of Sympathy; 5 Indigenous Romeos & Juliets:
  • Romantic Verse Melodramas; 6 "In their strange customs versed":
  • Ethnographic Verse Epics; Conclusion; Appendix; Works Cited; Index.

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