H. Rider Haggard on the Imperial Frontier
Subtitle: The Political And Literary Contexts of His African Romances (1880-1920 British Authors Series)
Publisher: ELT Press
Published: May 30, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9780944318218
Subjects: Literary Criticism; African; Colonies in literature; Imperialism in literature
First sentence: Two definitions open the door to an interpretive reading of H. Ridger Haggard's African fiction: first, "imperialism" which derives from the Latin imperium (i.e., command, empire), and applies to the extension of any nation's supremacy over a foreign area, either by direct territorial appropriation or by indirect control over its political, economic, or cultural life.