Rule of Darkness: British Literature and Imperialism, 1830 1914

by Patrick Brantlinger

Book Overview

A major contribution to the cultural and literary history of the Victorian age, Rule of Darkness maps the complex relationship between Victorian literary forms, genres, and theories and imperialist, racist ideology. Critics and cultural historians have usually regarded the Empire as being of marginal importance to early and mid-Victorian writers. Patrick Brantlinger asserts that the Empire was central to British culture as a source of ideological...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801497671
• ISBN13: 9780801497674
• Release Date: June 1990
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher