Eighteenth-century British literature and postcolonial studies. (©2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Suvir Kaul.
• Other Names: Kaul, Suvir
• Contents: Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Series Editors' Preface vii Acknowledgments viii Timeline x Introduction: 'Towards a Postcolonial History of Eighteenth-century English Literature' -- Postcolonial Studies and Empire Today -- Nation-formation and Empire in the Eighteenth Century -- Territory, Trade Routes, War and 'Great Britain' -- Print and Public Culture -- Literary Creativity, Literary Criticism, Postcolonial Criticism -- Plan of the Book -- 1 'Theatres of Empire' -- Davenant, the Revival of Performance, and the Thematics of Empire -- Aphra Behn, Colonial Self-making, and the Uncertain Consolations of Romance -- Civil Tragedy, Commercial Humanism, and Colonial Consciousness -- 2 'The Expanding Frontiers of Prose' -- Yariko and Inkle and the Staging of Polite Culture -- Crusoe the Merchant-adventurer -- and Friday -- 3 'Imaginative Writing, Intellectual History, and the Horizons of British Literary Culture' -- The Spectator, Print Culture, and the Circulation of International Value -- The Languages of National Difference: Becoming Roderick Random -- Luxury, Commercial Society, Enlightenment Historiography -- 4 'Perspectives from Elsewhere' -- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and her Turkish Embassy Letters -- Johnson's Rasselas: Philosophy in an 'Oriental' Key -- Phillis Wheatley: Literacy, Poetry, and Slavery -- Ukawsaw Gronniosaw: Writing in Another Voice -- Conclusion: 'Gazing into the Future' -- Literary Transport: to India and the South Seas -- Bibliography -- Further Reading -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Copyright Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (xviii, 188 pages)
• Subjects: 820.9/358; English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism; Imperialism in literature; Postcolonialism; LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; LITERARY CRITICISM -- Mystery & Detective; English literature; Imperialism in literature; Postcolonialism; Electronic books; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780748634569; 0748634568
• Related ISBNs: 9780748634545; 0748634541; 9780748634552; 074863455X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-184) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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