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A major contribution to the cultural and literary history of the Victorian age, Rule of Darkness maps the complex relationship between Victorian literary forms, genres, and theories and imperialist, racist ideology. Critics and cultural historians have usually regarded the Empire as being of marginal importance to early and mid-Victorian writers. Patrick Brantlinger asserts that the Empire was central to British culture as a source of ideological and artistic energy, both supported by and lending support to widespread belief in racial superiority, the need to transform "savagery" into "civilization," and the urgency of promoting emigration. Rule of Darkness brings together material from public records, memoirs, popular culture, and canonical literature. Brantlinger explores the influence of the novels of Captain Frederick Marryat, pioneer of British adolescent adventure fiction, and shows the importance of William Makepeace Thackeray's experience of India to his novels. He treats a number of Victorian best sellers previously ignored by literary historians, including the Anglo-Indian writer Philip Meadows Taylor's Confessions of a Thug and Seeta. Brantlinger situates explorers' narratives and travelogues by such famous author-adventurers as David Livingstone and Sir Richard Burton in relation to other forms of Victorian and Edwardian prose. Through readings of works by Arthur Conan Doyle, Joseph Conrad, H. Rider Haggard, Rudyard Kipling, John Hobson, and many others, he considers representations of Africa, India, and other non-British parts of the world in both fiction and nonfiction. The most comprehensive study yet of literature and imperialism in the early and mid-Victorian years, Rule of Darkness offers, in addition, a revisionary interpretation of imperialism as a significant factor in later British cultural history, from the 1880's to World War I. It is essential reading for anyone concerned with Victorian culture and society and, more generally, with the relationship between Victorian writers and imperialism, 'and between racist ideology and patterns of domination in modern history.

English literature --- Imperialism in literature --- Colonies in literature --- Littérature anglaise --- Impérialisme dans la littérature --- Colonies dans la littérature --- History and criticism --- Histoire et critique --- Colonies in literature. --- Imperialism in literature. --- Politics and literature --- History and criticism. --- Littérature anglaise --- Impérialisme dans la littérature --- Colonies dans la littérature --- Literature --- Literature and politics --- Political aspects --- Thematology --- Sociology of literature --- Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- anno 1800-1899

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The first full-length study to address the ways in which performance has been instrumental in resisting the continuing effects of imperialism. Brings to bear the latest theoretical approaches from post-colonial and performance studies.

English literature --- Drama --- Colonies in literature --- Commonwealth drama (English) --- Decolonization in literature --- English drama --- Imperialism in literature --- Political plays, English --- Politics and literature --- Colonies dans la littérature --- Théâtre du Commonwealth (anglais) --- Décolonisation dans la littérature --- Théâtre anglais --- Impérialisme dans la littérature --- Théâtre politique anglais --- Politique et littérature --- History and criticism --- History --- Histoire et critique --- Histoire --- History and criticism. --- Decolonization in literature. --- Imperialism in literature. --- Colonies in literature. --- Commonwealth of Nations drama (English) --- Commonwealth literature (English) --- Literature --- Literature and politics --- Political aspects --- Walcott, Derek --- Aboriginal theatre --- Carnavals --- Davis (jack) --- Maori theatre --- Nowra (louis) --- Post-colonial drama --- Shadbolt (maurice) --- Soyinka (wole), 1934 --- -Walcott, Derek --- -Aboriginal theatre --- -English drama

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Friends and fellow authors Henry Rider Haggard and Rudyard Kipling were prominent figures of imperial and colonial myth-making. Both writers were praised by their contemporaries for their alleged knowledge of and ability to speak from within the 'native' cultures of Africa and India. However, both exhibited a fascination with the colonized Other, displaying the striking ways in which the colonizing culture asserts its self-identity and authority. In this highly original and exciting re-reading of the classic works of Haggard and Kipling, Gail Ching-Liang Low asserts that the Other is actually a mirror reflecting the image of the colonizer - a `cultural cross-dressing'. Employing psychoanalysis, anthropology and post-colonial theory, she analyzes the way in which fantasy and fabulation is caught up in networks of desire and power. White Skins/Black Masks is a fascinating new entry into the current debates of post-colonial theory, and will be important reading for students of literary and cultural studies.

82.04 --- 820-3 "18" --- 820-3 "18" Engelse literatuur: proza--19e eeuw. Periode 1800-1899 --- Engelse literatuur: proza--19e eeuw. Periode 1800-1899 --- 82.04 Literaire thema's --- Literaire thema's --- Afrique du Sud dans la littérature --- Body [Human ] in literature --- Clothing and dress in literature --- Corps humain dans la littérature --- Costume dans la littérature --- Costume in literature --- Kleding in de literatuur --- Lichaam [Menselijk ] in de literatuur --- Menselijk lichaam in de literatuur --- South Africa in literature --- Zuid-Afrika in de literatuur --- Literature and anthropology --- Travelers' writings, English --- Cultural relations in literature --- Race in literature. --- Littérature et anthropologie --- Ecrits de voyageurs anglais --- Politique-fiction anglaise --- Communication interculturelle dans la littérature --- Vêtements dans la littérature --- Haggard, H. Rider --- Kipling, Rudyard, --- Inde dans la littérature --- Clothing and dress in literature. --- Cultural relations in literature. --- Littérature et anthropologie --- Communication interculturelle dans la littérature --- Vêtements dans la littérature --- Race dans la littérature --- Inde dans la littérature --- Afrique du Sud dans la littérature --- Anthropology and literature --- Body, Human, in literature --- Human figure in literature --- Haggard, Rider, --- Khaggard, Raĭder, --- Haggard, Henry Rider, --- Ha-ko-te, --- Hagacđơ, Henri, --- Hagard, Henry Rider, --- Hagacđơ, Henry, --- Hagard, Raider, --- Hōkārṭ, Ec. Reyiṭar, --- Хаггард, Генри Райдер, --- Хаггард, Генри, --- הגרד, הרני רידר --- הגרד, רידר --- הגרד, ריידר, --- H. R. H. --- H., H. R. --- English fiction --- Colonies in literature. --- Political fiction, English --- Imperialism in literature. --- Roman anglais --- Colonies dans la littérature --- Impérialisme dans la littérature --- History and criticism --- History --- History and criticism. --- Histoire et critique --- India --- South Africa --- In literature --- Human body in literature. --- Anthropology --- Colonies --- Political and social views. --- Colonies in literature --- Imperialism in literature --- Race in literature --- 19th century --- Great Britain --- Kipling, Rudyard --- Political and social views --- Haggard, Henri Rider --- Travelers' writings [English ] --- South Africa - In literature. --- Literature and anthropology - Great Britain - Colonies - History - 19th century. --- Travelers' writings, English - History and criticism. --- India - In literature. --- Kipling, R. --- Kipling, Joseph Rudyard --- Kipling, Redʹi︠a︡rd --- Kipling, Dzh. R. --- Kiplīṅga, Raḍiyārḍa --- Yussuf, --- R. K. --- RK --- K., R. --- Kipḷiṅ --- Киплинг, Редьярд --- כ״ץ, אלי, --- קיפגינג, ר. --- קיפליג, ר. --- קיפלינג, רודיארד, --- קיפלינג, רודירד --- קיפלינג, רידיארד --- קיפלינג, רידיארד, --- קיפלינג, רעדוארד, --- קיפלינג, רעדיארד --- קיפלינג, ר. --- קפלינג, רודיארד, --- Four Anglo-Indian writers --- Two writers --- Vecchio, --- Kingcraft, --- One of them, --- Correspondent, --- History. --- Haggard, Rider --- Khaggard, Raĭder --- Ha-ko-te --- Hagacđơ, Henri --- Hagard, Henry Rider --- Hagacđơ, Henry --- Hagard, Raider --- Hōkārṭ, Ec. Reyiṭa --- Хаггард, Генри Райдер --- Хаггард, Генри --- Human body in literature --- Travel writing --- In literature. --- Haggard, Henry Rider (1856-1925) --- Kipling, Rudyard (1865-1936) --- Littérature anglaise --- Récits de voyages anglais --- Relations culturelles --- Racisme --- Afrique du Sud --- Inde --- Et l'impérialisme --- 19e siècle --- Dans la littérature --- Grande-Bretagne