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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Weaver-Hightower, Rebecca
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2007.
Subjects:
Islands in literature.
English fiction > History and criticism.
English fiction > English-speaking countries > History and criticism.
Castaways in literature.
Imperialism in literature.
Cannibalism in literature.
Pirates in literature.
Monsters in literature.
Psychology in literature.
Psychoanalysis and literature.
Îles dans la littérature.
Roman anglais > Histoire et critique.
Roman anglais > Anglophonie > Histoire et critique.
Naufragés dans la littérature.
Impérialisme dans la littérature.
Cannibalisme dans la littérature.
Pirates dans la littérature.
Monstres dans la littérature.
Psychologie dans la littérature.
Psychanalyse et littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
English fiction.
English-speaking countries.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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