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Literature And Imperialism [PDF ebook]

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This collection of essays is concerned with the impact of the experience of empire upon the literary imagination as far as Ireland, Africa and India are concerned. These essays examine the manner in which British imperial experience has been expressed in literature. The contributors discuss Conrad, Forster, Ballantyne, Rushdie, Lawrence of Arabia, Anglo-Irish writers, and such popular classics as ‘The Four Feathers’. There is a select bibliography to encourage further reading.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● ISBN 9781349214310 ● Publisher Palgrave Macmillan UK ● Published 1991 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 4974630 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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