1st Edition
Narrating Africa George Henty and the Fiction of Empire
By Mawuena Kossi Logan
Copyright 1999
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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Narrating Africa: George Henty and the Fiction of Empire offers a critique of colonialist discourse and focuses on George Henty's novels as a prototype of the literature that emerged with the rise of British imperialism, in an attempt to assess the role of nineteenth-century literature both in the perpetuation of stereotypes vis--vis Africa and in the socialization of young adults. Its approach... Read more
Introduction CHAPTER 1 Africa and Europe: The Historic Encounter and Its Legacy CHAPTER 2 Pre-Henty: Juvenile Novels and the British Empire CHAPTER 3 To Africa With Henty: The Socio[1]Cultural Background CHAPTER 4 To Africa with Henty: The Gold Coast and the Sudan CHAPTER 5 To South Africa with Henty CHAPTER 6 Henty’s Literary Compatriots: Rider Haggard and Joseph Conrad CHAPTER 7 Conclusion: Legacy and Impact of Nineteenth-Century Juvenile Literature
Biography
Mawuena Kossi Logan
