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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Sitting in Darkness Sitting in Darkness Peter Schmidt Sitting in Darkness explores how fiction of the Reconstruction and the New South intervenes in debates over black schools, citizen-building, Jim Crow discrimination, and U.S. foreign policy towards i… OL1452983W
Debunking the Myths of Colonization Debunking the Myths of Colonization Samar Attar Debunking the Myths of Colonization examines Salman Rushdie's thesis on the paradoxical nature of colonialism and its horrific impact on the psyche of the colonized. It probes Frantz Fanon's theories… OL15184681W
The ambivalence of imperial discourse The ambivalence of imperial discourse Aaron M. Kahn A new reading of Miguel de Cervantes' play 'La Destrucción de Numancia' (c. 1583), analysing the work in relation to theories of empire in 16th century Spain, in the context of plays written immediat… OL15610896W
Close encounters of the invasive kind Close encounters of the invasive kind Sarah Seymore Before the breakthrough of postcolonial studies, British science-fiction authors already saw the opportunity to discuss political and ethical issues of imperialism by projecting human history and beh… OL24158910W
Imperial Masochism Imperial Masochism John Kucich "In Imperial Masochism, John Kucich reveals the central role masochistic forms of voluntary suffering played in late-nineteenth-century British thinking about imperial politics and class identity. Pl… OL3472497W
Heart of Darkness Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness (1899) is a novella by Polish-English novelist Joseph Conrad, about a voyage up the Congo River into the Congo Free State, in the heart of Africa, by the story's narrator Charles Ma… OL38663W
Domesticity, imperialism, and emigration in the Victorian novel Domesticity, imperialism, and emigration in the Victorian novel Diana C. Archibald "During the nineteenth century, as millions of British citizens left for the New Worlds, hearth and home were physically moved from the heart of the empire to its very outskirts. In Domesticity, Impe… OL5957297W
A cultural studies approach to two exotic citizen romances by Thomas Heywood A cultural studies approach to two exotic citizen romances by Thomas Heywood Joseph Courtland "Modern literary scholars have, for the most part, devoted little critical attention to that remarkable group of romance dramas featuring citizen heroes that flourished during the late Elizabethan pe… OL6210428W