Romantic Literature, Race, and Colonial Encounter

by Peter J. Kitson

Romantic Literature, Race, and Colonial Encounter is a study of the origin, growth, and development of "the race idea" and its impact on the writing of the Romantic period. It discusses how race as a concept became increasingly important in defining difference and identity in Romantic period culture. Subjects including slavery, natural history, comparative anatomy, missionary, diplomatic, and travel writing are explored and texts by Coleridge, De...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403976457
• ISBN13: 9781403976451
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 269 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"