Dark paradise : Pacific Islands in the nineteenth-century British imagination
著者
書誌事項
Dark paradise : Pacific Islands in the nineteenth-century British imagination
(Edinburgh critical studies in Victorian culture)
Edinburgh University Press, c2016
- : hardback
大学図書館所蔵 全3件
  青森
  岩手
  宮城
  秋田
  山形
  福島
  茨城
  栃木
  群馬
  埼玉
  千葉
  東京
  神奈川
  新潟
  富山
  石川
  福井
  山梨
  長野
  岐阜
  静岡
  愛知
  三重
  滋賀
  京都
  大阪
  兵庫
  奈良
  和歌山
  鳥取
  島根
  岡山
  広島
  山口
  徳島
  香川
  愛媛
  高知
  福岡
  佐賀
  長崎
  熊本
  大分
  宮崎
  鹿児島
  沖縄
  韓国
  中国
  タイ
  イギリス
  ドイツ
  スイス
  フランス
  ベルギー
  オランダ
  スウェーデン
  ノルウェー
  アメリカ
注記
Bibliography: p. [180]-190
Includes index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Examines the way in which the British transformed the Pacific islands during the nineteenth century
The discovery of the Pacific islands amplified the qualities of mystery and exoticism already associated with `foreign' islands. Their `savage' peoples, their isolation, and their sheer beauty fascinated British visitors across the long nineteenth century. Dark Paradise argues that while the British originally believed the islands to be commercial paradises or perfect sites for missionary endeavours, as the century progressed, their optimistic vision transformed to portray darker realities. As a result, these islands act as a `breaking point' for British theories of imperialism, colonialism, and identity. The book traces the changing British attitudes towards imperial settlement as the early view of `island as paradise' gives way to a fear of the hostile islanders and examines how this revelation undermined a key tenant of British imperialism - that they were the `superior' or `civilized' islanders.
Key Features
The first monograph to trace the Pacific islands as represented through the lens of British fiction and non-fiction across the long nineteenth century
Examines texts written by Pacific islanders and published in the British press
Significantly broadens our understanding of the British Pacific by analysing understudied Pacific texts and authors alongside more canonical works
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