| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 237 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Edinburgh critical studies in Victorian culture
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Edinburgh critical studies in Victorian culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Militibus Christi -- Behind the Black Velvet curtain -- Preaching to the nerves. |
| Summary |
"Although nineteenth-century map-makers imposed topographic definition upon a perceived geographical void, writers of Adventure fiction, and other colonial writers, continued to nourish the idea of a cartographic absence in their work. This study explores the effects of this epistemological blankness in fin de siècle literature, and its impact upon early Modernist culture, through the emerging discipline of psychoanalysis and the debt that Freud owed to African exploration. The chapters examine: representations of Black Africa in missionary writing and Rider Haggard's narratives on Africa; cartographic tradition in Conrad's Heart of Darkness and Jung's Memories, Dreams, Reflections; and mesmeric fiction, such as Richard Marsh's The Beetle, Robert Buchanan's The Charlatan and George du Maurier's Trilby. As Robbie McLaughlan demonstrates, it was the late Victorian 'best-seller' which merged an arcane Central African imagery with an interest in psychic phenomena."--Publisher's website. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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English literature. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Adventure and adventurers in literature.
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Adventure and adventurers in literature. |
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Popular culture -- History -- 19th century.
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Popular culture. |
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History. |
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Africa -- In literature.
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Africa. |
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Africa -- Discovery and exploration.
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Discoveries in geography. |
| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: McLaughlan, Robert. Re-imagining the 'dark continent' in fin de siècle literature. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2012 9780748647156 (OCoLC)816150037 |
| ISBN |
9780748647163 (electronic book) |
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0748647163 (electronic book) |
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9780748647156 |
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0748647155 |
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9780748672318 (epub) |
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