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Melodramatic imperial writing from the Sepoy Rebellion to Cecil Rhodes / Neil Hultgren.

Author/creator	Hultgren, Neil
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Athens : Ohio University Press, [2014]
Description	xi, 259 pages ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	English prose literature--History and criticism. Melodrama, English--History and criticism. Literature and society--England. --History. Imperialism in literature.

Series	Series in Victorian studies
Abstract	"Melodrama, as an aesthetic, has long been criticized for its reliance on improbable situations and overwhelming emotion. These very aspects, however, made it a useful and appealing literary mode for British imperial propagandists in the late nineteenth century. Though stage melodrama may have been declining in prominence, the melodramatic style influenced many late-Victorian genres outside of the theater-for example, imperialist ballads, detective novels, travel narratives, and romances-and developed a complicated relationship with British imperial discourse. Melodramatic Imperial Writing: From the Sepoy Rebellion to Cecil Rhodes locates melodrama within a new and considerably more complicated history of British imperialism: beyond its use in constructing imperialist fantasies or supporting unjust policies, the melodramatic style also enabled writers to upset narratives of British imperial destiny or racial superiority. This book examines works by both canonical and lesser-known authors writing after the Sepoy Rebellion, including Wilkie Collins, Marie Corelli, Charles Dickens, H. Rider Haggard, W. E. Henley, Rudyard Kipling, Olive Schreiner, and Robert Louis Stevenson, and encompasses representations of British imperialism from India, to South Africa and the South Seas"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-245) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2014000852
ISBN	9780821420850 (hardback : acid-free paper)

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