Re-imagining the 'Dark Continent' in fin de siècle Literature / / Robbie McLaughlan.
Maps the fin de siècle mission to open up the 'Dark Continent'Although nineteenth-century map-makers imposed topographic definition upon a perceived geographical void, writers of Adventure fiction, and other colonial writers, continued to nourish the idea of a cartographic absence in their...
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McLaughlan, Robbie, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Re-imagining the 'Dark Continent' in fin de siècle Literature / Robbie McLaughlan. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022] ©2012 1 online resource (256 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture : ECSVC Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Series Editor’s Preface -- Introduction -- I. Militibus Christi -- 1. Imperial Agents -- 2. Missionary Literature -- 3. The Fetish -- 4. Hegel, Freud and The Double -- 5. The Witchdoctor -- 6. Rider Haggard -- II. Behind the Black Velvet Curtain -- 7. Maps -- 8. Olive Schreiner -- 9. Haggard and Freud -- III. Preaching to the Nerves -- 10. Victorian Mesmerism -- 11. Imperial Invisibility -- 12. Olive Skins -- 13. Dark Spaces -- 14. Filthy Places -- Conclusion -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Maps the fin de siècle mission to open up the 'Dark Continent'Although nineteenth-century map-makers imposed topographic definition upon a perceived geographical void, writers of Adventure fiction, and other colonial writers, continued to nourish the idea of a cartographic absence in their work. This study explores the effects of this epistemological blankness in fin de siècle literature, and its impact upon early Modernist culture, through the emerging discipline of psychoanalysis and the debt that Freud owed to African exploration. The chapters examine: representations of Black Africa in missionary writing and Rider Haggard's narratives on Africa; cartographic tradition in Conrad's Heart of Darkness and Jung's Memories, Dreams, Reflections; and mesmeric fiction, such as Richard Marsh's The Beetle, Robert Buchanan's The Charlatan and George du Maurier's Trilby. As Robbie McLaughlan demonstrates, it was the late Victorian 'best-seller' which merged an arcane Central African imagery with an interest in psychic phenomena.Key Features: Opens up the 'dark continent' and its literary, historical and theoretical manifestationsArgues for an anticipation of a modernist aesthetic suggesting an unexplored relation between fin de siècle sensation literature, in particular mesmeric fiction, and psychoanalysisDiverges from established colonial histories by drawing on an archive of special and neglected material Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022) Adventure and adventurers in literature. African literature History and criticism. English literature 19th century History and criticism. Popular culture History 19th century. Literary Studies. LITERARY CRITICISM / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000 9783110780468 print 9780748647156 https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748647163 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780748647163 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780748647163/original |
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