The Resource Melodramatic imperial writing : from the Sepoy Rebellion to Cecil Rhodes, Neil Hultgren
Melodramatic imperial writing : from the Sepoy Rebellion to Cecil Rhodes, Neil Hultgren
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- Summary
- "Melodrama, as an aesthetic, has long been criticized for its reliance on improbable situations and overwhelming emotion. These very aspects, however, made it a useful and appealing literary mode for British imperial propagandists in the late nineteenth century. Though stage melodrama may have been declining in prominence, the melodramatic style influenced many late-Victorian genres outside of the theater-for example, imperialist ballads, detective novels, travel narratives, and romances-and developed a complicated relationship with British imperial discourse. Melodramatic Imperial Writing: From the Sepoy Rebellion to Cecil Rhodes locates melodrama within a new and considerably more complicated history of British imperialism: beyond its use in constructing imperialist fantasies or supporting unjust policies, the melodramatic style also enabled writers to upset narratives of British imperial destiny or racial superiority. This book examines works by both canonical and lesser-known authors writing after the Sepoy Rebellion, including Wilkie Collins, Marie Corelli, Charles Dickens, H. Rider Haggard, W. E. Henley, Rudyard Kipling, Olive Schreiner, and Robert Louis Stevenson, and encompasses representations of British imperialism from India, to South Africa and the South Seas"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 259 pages
- Contents
-
- Introduction: "At Last!" and "Too Late!"
- Part 1. Melodrama as plot --- Imperial melodrama after the Sepoy Rebellion
- Romance; or melodrama and the adventure of history
- Part 2. Melodrama as aestheticized feeling
- Imperialist poetry, aestheticism, and melodrama's man of action
- Stevenson's melodramatic anthropology
- Part 3. Melodrama as distant homeland
- Olive Schreiner and the melodrama of the Karoo
- Conclusion: Pirates and spies
- Isbn
- 9780821420850
- Label
- Melodramatic imperial writing : from the Sepoy Rebellion to Cecil Rhodes
- Title
- Melodramatic imperial writing
- Title remainder
- from the Sepoy Rebellion to Cecil Rhodes
- Statement of responsibility
- Neil Hultgren
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Melodrama, as an aesthetic, has long been criticized for its reliance on improbable situations and overwhelming emotion. These very aspects, however, made it a useful and appealing literary mode for British imperial propagandists in the late nineteenth century. Though stage melodrama may have been declining in prominence, the melodramatic style influenced many late-Victorian genres outside of the theater-for example, imperialist ballads, detective novels, travel narratives, and romances-and developed a complicated relationship with British imperial discourse. Melodramatic Imperial Writing: From the Sepoy Rebellion to Cecil Rhodes locates melodrama within a new and considerably more complicated history of British imperialism: beyond its use in constructing imperialist fantasies or supporting unjust policies, the melodramatic style also enabled writers to upset narratives of British imperial destiny or racial superiority. This book examines works by both canonical and lesser-known authors writing after the Sepoy Rebellion, including Wilkie Collins, Marie Corelli, Charles Dickens, H. Rider Haggard, W. E. Henley, Rudyard Kipling, Olive Schreiner, and Robert Louis Stevenson, and encompasses representations of British imperialism from India, to South Africa and the South Seas"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hultgren, Neil
- Dewey number
- 828/.08
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PR751
- LC item number
- .H76 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Series in Victorian Studies
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- English prose literature
- Melodrama, English
- Literature and society
- Imperialism in literature
- LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Label
- Melodramatic imperial writing : from the Sepoy Rebellion to Cecil Rhodes, Neil Hultgren
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Introduction: "At Last!" and "Too Late!" -- Part 1. Melodrama as plot --- Imperial melodrama after the Sepoy Rebellion -- Romance; or melodrama and the adventure of history -- Part 2. Melodrama as aestheticized feeling -- Imperialist poetry, aestheticism, and melodrama's man of action -- Stevenson's melodramatic anthropology -- Part 3. Melodrama as distant homeland -- Olive Schreiner and the melodrama of the Karoo -- Conclusion: Pirates and spies
- Control code
- 861676592
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xi, 259 pages
- Isbn
- 9780821420850
- Lccn
- 2014000852
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)861676592
- Label
- Melodramatic imperial writing : from the Sepoy Rebellion to Cecil Rhodes, Neil Hultgren
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Introduction: "At Last!" and "Too Late!" -- Part 1. Melodrama as plot --- Imperial melodrama after the Sepoy Rebellion -- Romance; or melodrama and the adventure of history -- Part 2. Melodrama as aestheticized feeling -- Imperialist poetry, aestheticism, and melodrama's man of action -- Stevenson's melodramatic anthropology -- Part 3. Melodrama as distant homeland -- Olive Schreiner and the melodrama of the Karoo -- Conclusion: Pirates and spies
- Control code
- 861676592
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xi, 259 pages
- Isbn
- 9780821420850
- Lccn
- 2014000852
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)861676592
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