Victorian Travel Writing and Imperial Violence
Subtitle: British Writing of Africa 1855-1902 (Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: January 17, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781403905086
Subjects: Literary studies: 19th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Essays & Travelogues; English literature; Literature - Classics / Criticism; English; Literary Criticism; General; Africa; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; History; Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literary Criticism & Collections / General; Travel-Africa; Travel-Essays & Travelogues; African influences; 19th century; English prose literature; History and criticism; Travelers' writings, English
First sentence: The immense scale of many Victorian exploring expeditions and the staying power of travelers such as David Livingstone and Henry Stanley in popular legend have combined to make Victorian travel literature appear well suited to a theatrical vocabulary.