Fieldwork of empire, 1840-1900 : intercultural dynamics in the production of British expeditionary literature / Adrian S. Wisnicki.
Wisnicki, Adrian S.| Call Number | 820.99171241 |
| Author | Wisnicki, Adrian S., author. |
| Title | Fieldwork of empire, 1840-1900 : intercultural dynamics in the production of British expeditionary literature / Adrian S. Wisnicki. |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (1 volume) |
| Series | Among the Victorians and Modernists |
| Contents | Cover; Half Title; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Chapter Permissions; Abstracts; Introduction: Intercultural Dynamics in the Expeditionary Field; 1 David Livingstone's Invention of South Central Africa; 2 The Many Maps of the East African Expedition; 3 Writing Over Samuel White Baker's Narratives; 4 Victorian Field Notes From the Lualaba River, Congo; 5 Colonialism Meets Conspiracy in Heart of Darkness; Epilogue: Taking Digital Humanities Research to the Field; Appendix: Glossary of Key Terms; Works Cited; Index |
| Summary | Fieldwork of Empire, 1840-1900: Intercultural Dynamics in the Production of British Expeditionary Literature examines the impact of non-western cultural, political, and social forces and agencies on the production of British expeditionary literature; it is a project of recovery. The book argues that such non-western impact was considerable, that it shaped the discursive and material dimensions of expeditionary literature, and that the impact extends to diverse materials from the expeditionary archive at a scale and depth that critics have previously not acknowledged. The focus of the study falls on Victorian expeditionary literature related to Africa, a continent of accelerating British imperial interest in the nineteenth century, but the study's findings have the potential to inform scholarship on European expeditionary, imperial, and colonial literature from a wide variety of periods and locations. The book's analysis is illustrative, not comprehensive. Each chapter targets intercultural encounters and expeditionary literature associated with a specific time period and African region or location. The book suggests that future scholarship - especially in areas such as expeditionary history, geography, cartography, travel writing studies, and book history - needs to adopt much more of a localized, non-western focus if it is to offer a full account of the production of expeditionary discourse and literature. |
| Subject | English literature 19th century History and criticism. IMPERIALISM IN LITERATURE. LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh LITERARY CRITICISM / General Africa In literature. Great Britain Colonies Africa History 19th century. Great Britain Relations Africa. Africa Relations Great Britain. |
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| Summary | Fieldwork of Empire, 1840-1900: Intercultural Dynamics in the Production of British Expeditionary Literature examines the impact of non-western cultural, political, and social forces and agencies on the production of British expeditionary literature; it is a project of recovery. The book argues that such non-western impact was considerable, that it shaped the discursive and material dimensions of expeditionary literature, and that the impact extends to diverse materials from the expeditionary archive at a scale and depth that critics have previously not acknowledged. The focus of the study falls on Victorian expeditionary literature related to Africa, a continent of accelerating British imperial interest in the nineteenth century, but the study's findings have the potential to inform scholarship on European expeditionary, imperial, and colonial literature from a wide variety of periods and locations. The book's analysis is illustrative, not comprehensive. Each chapter targets intercultural encounters and expeditionary literature associated with a specific time period and African region or location. The book suggests that future scholarship - especially in areas such as expeditionary history, geography, cartography, travel writing studies, and book history - needs to adopt much more of a localized, non-western focus if it is to offer a full account of the production of expeditionary discourse and literature. |
| Contents | Cover; Half Title; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Chapter Permissions; Abstracts; Introduction: Intercultural Dynamics in the Expeditionary Field; 1 David Livingstone's Invention of South Central Africa; 2 The Many Maps of the East African Expedition; 3 Writing Over Samuel White Baker's Narratives; 4 Victorian Field Notes From the Lualaba River, Congo; 5 Colonialism Meets Conspiracy in Heart of Darkness; Epilogue: Taking Digital Humanities Research to the Field; Appendix: Glossary of Key Terms; Works Cited; Index |
| Subject | English literature 19th century History and criticism. IMPERIALISM IN LITERATURE. LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh LITERARY CRITICISM / General Africa In literature. Great Britain Colonies Africa History 19th century. Great Britain Relations Africa. Africa Relations Great Britain. |
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