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Political Magic : British Fictions of Savagery and Sovereignty, 1650-1750 /

'Political Magic' examines British fictions of exploration and colonialism from 1650 to 1750, arguing that narratives of intercultural contact reimagine political categories such as sovereignty and popular power. By examining works by Margaret Cavendish, Daniel Defoe, Aphra Behn, Jonathan...

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Autor principal: Loar, Christopher F. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Fordham University Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Magical Government; 1. Enchanting the Savage: The Politics of Pyrotechnics in the Cavendish Circle; 2. Fire and Sword: Aphra Behn and the Materials of Authority; 3. Talking Guns and Savage Spaces: Daniel Defoe's Civilizing Technologies; 4. Doctrines Detestables: Jonathan Swift, Despotism, and Virtue; 5 Savage Vision: Violence, Reason, and Surveillance in Eliza Haywood; Coda: Enemies; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z. 
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