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Oracles of Empire
- Poetry, Politics, and Commerce in British America, 1690-1750
Engelsk
Bogcover for Oracles of Empire af David S. Shields, 9780226752983
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Engelsk
Sider:
310
ISBN-13:
9780226752983
Indbinding:
Hardback
ISBN-10:
0226752984
Udg. Dato:
24 sep 1990
Størrelse i cm:
2,3 x 1,6 x 0,2
Oplagsdato:
24 sep 1990
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Oracles of Empire

- Poetry, Politics, and Commerce in British America, 1690-1750
Engelsk
Hardback 1990
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This innovative look at previously neglected poetry in British America represents a major contribution to our understanding of early American culture. Spanning the period from the Glorious Revolution (1690) to the end of King George's War (1750), this study critically reconstitutes the literature of empire in the thirteen colonies, Canada, and the West Indies by investigating over 300 texts in mixed print and manuscript sources, including poems in pamphlets and newspapers. British America's poetry of empire was dominated by three issues: mercantilism's promise that civilization and wealth would be transmitted from London to the provinces; the debate over the extent of metropolitan prerogatives in law and commerce when they obtruded upon provincial rights and interests; and the argument that Britain's imperium pelagi was an ethical empire, because it depended upon the morality of trade, while the empires of Spain and France were immoral empires because they were grounded upon conquest. In discussing these issues, Shields provides a virtual anthology of poems long lost to students of American literature.
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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
310
ISBN-13:
9780226752983
Indbinding:
Hardback
ISBN-10:
0226752984
Udg. Dato:
24 sep 1990
Størrelse i cm:
2,3 x 1,6 x 0,2
Oplagsdato:
24 sep 1990
Forfatter(e):
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