Dreams Adv Deeds Emp

by Martin Burgess Green and David Green

2nd in a 3 part work on the decline an fall of imperialism in the Western mind. The author examines adventure tales in English literature. Defoe, Conrad and Kipling show that the questing conquest... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465017185
• ISBN13: 9780465017188
• Release Date: June 1979
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 429 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Adventure Novels

An excellent survey and discussion of adventure novels of nearly three hundred years along with the imperialist history of that time. Contents: 1. Modern Empire, Caste, and Adventure 2. Narrative, Other Forms, and Literature-As-A System 3. Defoe 4. Scott 5. Cooper 6. Tolstoy 7. Popular Literature and Children's Literature 8. Twain 9. Kipling 10. Conrad 11. In the Trough of the Wave of Imperialism: Adventure Images after 1918. Conclusion, Notes, Bibliography, Index. Written for the general reader but well worth the price to get such a good survey of this genre.