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03250aam a2200445Ii 4500 001 472445D0F69E11E78A00251D97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180111010238 008 160201t20162016stk b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1474413846 020 $a 9781474413848 035 $a (OCoLC)936350933 040 $a BTCTA $b eng $e rda $c BTCTA $d BDX $d YDXCP $d NLE $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d COO $d OCLCO $d ERASA $d LTSCA $d OCLCO $d WVU $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 043 $a e-uk--- $0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/geographicAreas/e-uk $a e-uk--- $0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/geographicAreas/e-uk 050 4 $a PR451 $b .F85 2016 082 04 $a 810/820 100 1 $a Fuller, Jenn, $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2016083490 245 10 $a Dark paradise : $b Pacific Islands in the nineteenth-century British imagination / $c Jenn Fuller. 264 1 $a Edinburgh : $b Edinburgh University Press, $c [2016] 300 $a ix, 195 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Edinburgh critical studies in Victorian culture 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-190) and index. 520 $a "The discovery of the Pacific islands amplified the qualities of mystery and exoticism already associated with 'foreign' islands. Their 'savage' peoples, their isolation, and their sheer beauty fascinated British visitors across the long nineteenth century. Dark Paradise argues that while the British originally believed the islands to be commercial paradises or perfect sites for missionary endeavours, as the century progressed, their optimistic vision transformed to portray darker realities. As a result, these islands act as a 'breaking point' for British theories of imperialism, colonialism, and identity. The book traces the changing British attitudes towards imperial settlement as the early view of 'island as paradise' gives way to a fear of the hostile islanders and examines how this revelation undermined a key tenant of British imperialism -- that they were the 'superior' or 'civilized' islanders."-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a English literature $y 19th century $x History and criticism. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008102754 650 0 $a Literature and society $z Great Britain $x History $y 19th century. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008107031 651 0 $a Islands of the Pacific $x In literature. 651 0 $a Oceania $x In literature. 650 7 $a English literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00911989 650 7 $a Literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00999953 650 7 $a Literature and society. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01000096 651 7 $a Great Britain. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204623 651 7 $a Oceania. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01242982 651 7 $a Pacific Ocean $z Islands of the Pacific. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01244201 648 7 $a 1800-1899 $2 fast 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411635 $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411635 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411628 $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411628 830 0 $a Edinburgh critical studies in Victorian culture. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2011062709 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191213015015.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=472445D0F69E11E78A00251D97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search