Imperium of the soul : the political and aesthetic imagination of Edwardian imperialists / Norman Etherington.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Etherington, Norman, author.

Series:

Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England)

Studies in imperialism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arts, British--19th century.

Arts, British.

Arts, British--20th century.

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

English literature.

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

Imperialism in popular culture--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Imperialism in popular culture.

Imperialism in popular culture--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 246 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

MSI edition.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2017.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This is an interpretation of the creative work of well known British imperialists of the late 19th and early 20th century, exploring their links with the revolutionary psychological theories of Freud.

Contents:

Rider Haggard, imperialism and the layered personality

Love and loathing : Rudyard Kipling's India

How Herbert Baker created an architecture of imperial power

Joseph Conrad : Kipling's secret sharer

Elgar and the Gordon Symphony

John Buchan and the loathly opposite

Lawrence of Arabia : great white hope of the Edwardian imperial romancers

Epilogue. The death-knell of the imperial romance and imperial rule.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on April 7, 2026).

ISBN:

9781526106063

152610606X

9781526106087

1526106086

OCLC:

976440956