Catalog > Human Sciences > Languages > Literature > Brian V. Street: Savage in Literature (ePUB)

Brian V. Street
Savage in Literature [EPUB ebook]
Representations of ‘primitive’ society in English fiction 1858-1920

Support

Cover of Brian V. Street: Savage in Literature (ePUB)

First published in 1975, this study is concerned with the representation of non-European people in English popular fiction in the period from 1858-1920. It examines the developments in thinking about people across the world and shows how they affected writers’ views of evolution, race, heredity and of the life of the so-called ‘primitive’ man. This book will be of interest to those studying 19th century literature.

€47.84

Buy this ebook and get 1 more FREE!

Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 222 ● ISBN 9781317207450 ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2016 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 5312121 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

Requires a DRM capable ebook reader

More ebooks from the same author(s) / Editor

Brian V. Street London University, UK) Street Brian V. (Kings College

67,460 Ebooks in this category

Cover of Professor Henry Sussman: Playful Intelligence

Professor Henry Sussman: Playful Intelligence

This is a guide, in theory and in practice, to how current technological changes have impacted our interaction with texts and with each other. Henry Sussman rereads pivotal moments in literary, philo …

Cover of Derek (Author passed away as advised by Harrowells solicitors sf case 02089806) Pearsall: Old English and Middle English Poetry

Derek (Author passed away as advised by Harrowells solicitors sf case 02089806) Pearsall: Old English and Middle English Poetry

Originally published in 1977, Old English and Middle English Poetry provides a historical approach to English poetry. The book examines the conditions out of which poetry grew and argues that the fun …

Cover of Fiona McHardy: Revenge in Athenian Culture

Fiona McHardy: Revenge in Athenian Culture

Revenge was an all important part of the ancient Athenian mentality, intruding on all forms of life – even where we might not expect to find it today. Revenge was of prime importance as a means of su …

Cover of Heike Bauer: Women and Cross Dressing 1800–1939

Heike Bauer: Women and Cross Dressing 1800–1939

This three-volume collection focuses on writings by and about cross-dressing women from the early nineteenth century up until the beginning of World War II. In so doing, it provides a new perspective …

Cover of Clare Broome Saunders: Women, Travel Writing, and Truth

Clare Broome Saunders: Women, Travel Writing, and Truth

The issue of truth has been one of the most constant, complex, and contentious in the cultural history of travel writing. Whether the travel was undertaken in the name of exploration, pilgrimage, sci …

Cover of Martin (University of New Mexico, Foreign Languages and Literature, USA) Klebes: Wittgenstein''s Novels

Martin (University of New Mexico, Foreign Languages and Literature, USA) Klebes: Wittgenstein”s Novels

Analyzing features of Wittgenstein”s philosophical work and including in-depth textual analyses, this study investigates the impact of Ludwig Wittgenstein”s work on contemporary German and French n …

Cover of Nigel Wheale: Writing and Society

Nigel Wheale: Writing and Society

Writing and Society is a stunning exploration of the relationship between the growth in popular literacy and the development of new readerships and the authors addressing them. It is the first single …

Cover of Karen (Illinois State University, USA) Coats & Patricia (Ohio State University, USA) Enciso: Handbook of Research on Children''s and Young Adult Literature

Karen (Illinois State University, USA) Coats & Patricia (Ohio State University, USA) Enciso: Handbook of Research on Children”s and Young Adult Literature

This landmark volume is the first to bring together leading scholarship on children’s and young adult literature from three intersecting disciplines: Education, English, and Library and Information S …

Cover of Matthew Bush & Tania Gentic: Technology, Literature, and Digital Culture in Latin America

Matthew Bush & Tania Gentic: Technology, Literature, and Digital Culture in Latin America

Grappling with the contemporary Latin American literary climate and its relationship to the pervasive technologies that shape global society, this book visits Latin American literature, technology, a …

Cover of Fabio A Camilletti: Classicism and Romanticism in Italian Literature

Fabio A Camilletti: Classicism and Romanticism in Italian Literature

In 1816 a violent literary quarrel engulfed Bourbon Restoration Italy. On one side the Romantics wanted an opening up of Italian culture towards Europe, and on the other the Classicists favoured an i …