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1 online resource (167 pages) |
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text file |
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Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Acknowledgements; Contents; 1 Fall from Grace; 2 Rescue and Captivity; 3 Views from the Beach; References; Index; Footnotes; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Back Cover. |
| Summary |
The Pacific Islands began to appear in Western literature soon after European navigators made landfall there. From the first, there was seldom a statement of plain facts. Explorers brought their own viewpoints while editors, poets and novelists went on to interpret and moralise the first accounts. Portraying Pacific peoples as sensual, indolent, childlike and - frequently - wicked, such stories implied the duty of Europeans to rule and of the natives to be grateful. Modified though it sometimes was by the more accepting attitudes of beachcombers, by the exploitative activities of traders, and. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English literature -- History and criticism.
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English literature. |
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American literature -- History and criticism.
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American literature. |
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French literature -- History and criticism.
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French literature. |
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Islands of the Pacific -- In literature.
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Islands of the Pacific -- Description and travel.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Pearson, Bill. Rifled Sanctuaries : Some Views of the Pacific Islands in Western Literature to 1900. Chicago : Auckland University Press, ©2013 |
| ISBN |
9781775581437 electronic book |
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1775581438 electronic book |
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9781775586074 electronic book |
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1775586073 electronic book |
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