Imperialisms

Historical and Literary Investigations, 1500-1900
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-1-349-52878-3
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 301 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 385 g

Filling a major gap in historical, literary, and post-colonial scholarship, Imperialisms examines the identity statements of the world's major imperialisms in multiple theatres of competition over the course of four centuries. Filling a major gap in historical, literary, and post-colonial scholarship, Imperialisms examines early identity statements and nuances of dominance of the world's major imperialisms in various theatres of competition. Developed in collaboration with leading scholars in the field, this book balances historical essays and case studies, and encourages investigations of conversant and competing imperialisms, their practices, and rhetoric of self-justification. Europe (west and east), India, the New World, Africa, and the Far East are among the sites of imperialism featured here, which are analyzed in relation to intersecting debates on politics, religion, literature, nationalism, commerce, conversion, and race. Valuable for preliminary or advanced studies, Imperialisms provides multiple points of entry into and guidelines for a conversation both current and vigorous.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rajan, B.

Sauer, E.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Postkoloniale Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; A.Pagden Introduction; B.Rajan & E.Sauer PART 1: PORTUGAL, ITALY, INDIAN AND TRAVEL NARRATIVES Early Modern Portuguese and Italian Travel Narratives; D.Figueira 'A Nao Vem Bem Carregada?': Cuckoldry and Colonialism in Gil Vicente's Auto da India; S.Raman PART 2: EUROPEAN CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANT IMPERIALISMS Spanish Lessons: Spenser and the Irish Moriscos; B.Fuchs 'Avenge, O Lord, thy Slaughter'd Saints': Theatres of Christianization in Early Modern Europe; E.Sauer PART 3: THE NEAR EAST, AFRICA, THE MIDDLE EAST The Empire as Composite: The Ottoman Polity and the Imperial Typology; D.Goffman The Conquest of the African Paradise: The Displacement, and the Workings of Satire; R.Markley Colonial Benedictions: Worldy Catholics and Secular Priests in French Indochina; P.Pelley PART 4: ENGLAND, INDIA, THE NETHERLANDS England in Moghul India; P.Stevens The British and the Dutch in India (1750-1799); F.D'Souza PART 5: ENGLAND, FRANCE 'English' and French Imperial Designs in Canada and in a Larger Context; J.Hart Volney's the Ruins of Empire and British and French Imperialisms; S.Makdisi Displacement and Anxiety: Empire and Opera; L.Hutcheon & M.Hutcheon PART 6: GERMAN IMPERIAL PHILOSOPHIES AND PRACTICES Inventing the Orient: The Discursive Alliance Between Philosopher, Historian, and Fiction Writer; K.P.Murti The Colonial Pedagogy of Imperial Germany: An Exercise in Masochism; S.Wilke Afterword: The Other End of History; B.Rajan

Über Autor(innen)

ELIZABETH SAUER is Professor of English and holds a Chancellor's Research Chair at Brock University, Canada.

BALACHANDRA RAJAN is Professor Emeritus at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. She is also an Honored Scholar of the Milton Society and a Fellow and Medallist of the Royal Society of Canada.