Empire Islands : Castaways, Cannibals, and Fantasies of Conquest /

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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 ab...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Weaver-Hightower, Rebecca
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2007.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Psychology in literature.
Psychoanalysis and literature.
Pirates in literature.
Monsters in literature.
Islands in literature.
Imperialism in literature.
English fiction.
Castaways in literature.
Cannibalism in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Psychanalyse et litterature.
Psychologie dans la litterature.
Monstres dans la litterature.
Pirates dans la litterature.
Cannibalisme dans la litterature.
Imperialisme dans la litterature.
Naufrages dans la litterature.
Roman anglais > Anglophonie > Histoire et critique.
Roman anglais > Histoire et critique.
Îles dans la litterature.
English fiction > English-speaking countries > History and criticism.
English fiction > History and criticism.
English-speaking countries.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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