The forms of informal empire : Britain, Latin America, and nineteenth-century literature

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

"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 primaril...

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Main Author: Reeder, Jessie, 1982- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
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
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Table of 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.

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