Colonizing Nature
Subtitle: The Tropics In British Arts And Letters, 1760-1820
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: December 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9780812238358
Subjects: Literature: History & Criticism; The Arts: General Issues; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; History and criticism; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literature - Classics / Criticism; English; Literary Criticism; British Isles; English literature; 18th century; 19th century; Gardening; History
First sentence: James Thomson's poem "Rule, Britannnia!" (1740) celebrates British naval power, which ensured the expansion and dominance of British commerce across the globe.