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Empire islands : castaways, cannibals, and fantasies of conquest / Rebecca Weaver-Hightower.

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Through a detailed unpacking of the castaway genre's appeal in English literature, Empire Islands forwards our understanding of the sociopsychology of British Empire. Rebecca Weaver-Hightower argues convincingly that by helping generations of readers to make sense of, and perhaps feel better ab...

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Main Author: Weaver-Hightower, Rebecca
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2007.
Subjects:
Islands in literature.
English fiction > History and criticism.
English fiction > English-speaking countries > History and criticism.
Castaways in literature.
Imperialism in literature.
Cannibalism in literature.
Pirates in literature.
Monsters in literature.
Psychology in literature.
Psychoanalysis and literature.
English fiction.
English-speaking countries.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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Call Number: PR830.I75 W43 2007eb
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