The Romance of the New World Gender and the Literary Formations of English Colonialism |
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| Author:
| Linton, Joan Pong |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-511-82446-3 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2011 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Digital download and online |
| List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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This book studies the lively interplay between popular romances and colonial narratives during a crucial period of English and colonial history. Joan Pong Linton shows how the different ideals of masculinity proposed by these texts reveals both the 'romance of empire' and the impact of the New World on English identity.
This book studies the lively interplay between popular romances and colonial narratives during a crucial period of English and colonial history. Joan Pong Linton shows how the different ideals of masculinity proposed by these texts reveals both the 'romance of empire' and the impact of the New World on English identity.