The forms of informal empire : Britain, Latin America, and nineteenth-century literature / Jessie Reeder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reeder, Jessie, 1982-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)--History--19th century.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

English literature--20th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

English literature--19th century--History and criticism.

Imperialism in literature.

Colonies in literature.

Latin America--In literature.

Latin America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020.

Summary:

"This is a work of comparative literary study that examines the influence of Great Britain's informal empire in Latin America that followed Spain's relinquishment of its New World formal empire. The author finds effects of informal empire (involving maritime trade and markets primarily) in the literary forms of novels, poems, and letters. Britain's informal empire in Latin America lasted from the early nineteenth century until the 1920s"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction. Freedom and Empire in the Nineteenth Century

Part I. Progress and Informal Empire, 1808-1875: Sequence, Protagonist, Paradox. Chapter 1: (In)dependence: Simón Bolívar and Revolutionary Forms of Progress. Chapter 2: "Dependant Kings": Anna Barbauld and a Paradox Deterred. Chapter 3: The Collapse of Historical Telos: Anthony Trollope and Victorian Informal Empire

Part II: Family and Informal Empire, 1840-1926: Origin, Relation, Hybridity. Chapter 4: Re-membering the Nation: Vicente López and the Consolidation of Informal Empire. Chapter 5: The Antagonism of Valid Fiancees: H. Rider Haggard and Informal Empire at the Fin de Siecle. Chapter 6: Where Progress and Family (Fail to) Meet: William Henry Hudson and the Industrialization of the PampasCoda.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4214-3808-9

OCLC:

1155924995