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Author:

Reeder, Jessie, 1982- author.

Title:

The forms of informal empire : Britain, Latin America, and nineteenth-century literature / Jessie Reeder.

Publisher:

Johns Hopkins University Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

x, 277 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

1800-1999
English literature--19th century--History and criticism.
English literature--20th century--History and criticism.
Imperialism in literature.
Colonies in literature.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)--History--19th century.
Colonies in literature.
English literature.
Imperialism in literature.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Literature.
Latin America--In literature.
Latin America.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction. Freedom and Empire in the Nineteenth Century -- Part I. Progress and Informal Empire, 1808-1875: Sequence, Protagonist, Paradox. Chapter 1: (In)dependence: Simón Bolívar and Revolutionary Forms of Progress. Chapter 2: "Dependant Kings": Anna Barbauld and a Paradox Deterred. Chapter 3: The Collapse of Historical Telos: Anthony Trollope and Victorian Informal Empire -- Part II: Family and Informal Empire, 1840-1926: Origin, Relation, Hybridity. Chapter 4: Re-membering the Nation: Vicente López and the Consolidation of Informal Empire. Chapter 5: The Antagonism of Valid Fiancées: H. Rider Haggard and Informal Empire at the Fin de Siècle. Chapter 6: Where Progress and Family (Fail to) Meet: William Henry Hudson and the Industrialization of the PampasCoda.

Summary:

"This is a work of comparative literary study that examines the influence of Great Britain's informal empire in Latin America that followed Spain's relinquishment of its New World formal empire. The author finds effects of informal empire (involving maritime trade and markets primarily) in the literary forms of novels, poems, and letters. Britain's informal empire in Latin America lasted from the early nineteenth century until the 1920s"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1421438070
9781421438078
1421438062
9781421438061

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1122914978

LCCN:

2019036590

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)