Political Magic : : British Fictions of Savagery and Sovereignty, 1650-1750 / / Christopher F. Loar.
Political Magic examines early modern British fictions of exploration and colonialism, arguing that narratives of intercultural contact reimagine ideas of sovereignty and popular power. These fictions reveal aspects of political thought in this period that official discourse typically shunted aside,...
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Loar, Christopher F., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Political Magic : British Fictions of Savagery and Sovereignty, 1650-1750 / Christopher F. Loar. New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2014] ©2014 1 online resource (344 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Magical Government -- 1. Enchanting the Savage: Th e Politics of Pyrotechnics in the Cavendish Circle -- 2. Fire and Sword: Aphra Behn and the Materials of Authority -- 3. Talking Guns and Savage Spaces: Daniel Defoe’s Civilizing Technologies -- 4. Doctrines Détestables: Jonathan Swift, Despotism, and Virtue -- 5. Savage Vision: Violence, Reason, and Surveillance in Eliza Haywood -- Coda: Enemies -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Political Magic examines early modern British fictions of exploration and colonialism, arguing that narratives of intercultural contact reimagine ideas of sovereignty and popular power. These fictions reveal aspects of political thought in this period that official discourse typically shunted aside, particularly the political status of the commoner, whose “liberty” was often proclaimed even as it was undermined both in theory and in practice. Like the Hobbesian sovereign, the colonist appears to the colonized as a giver of rules who remains unruly.At the heart of many texts are moments of savage wonder, provoked by European displays of technological prowess. In particular, the trope of the first gunshot articulates an origin of consent and political legitimacy in colonial showmanship. Yet as manifestations of force held in abeyance, these technologies also signal the ultimate reliance of sovereigns on extreme violence as the lessthan-mystical foundation of their authority.By examining works by Cavendish, Defoe, Behn, Swift, and Haywood in conjunction with contemporary political writing and travelogues, Political Magic locates a subterranean discourse of sovereignty in the century after Hobbes, finding surprising affinities between the government of “savages” and of Britons. 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 03. Jan 2023) English fiction 17th century History and criticism. English fiction 18th century History and criticism. Political fiction, English History and criticism. Politics and literature Great Britain History 17th century. Politics and literature Great Britain History 18th century. Literary Studies. Political Science. Postcolonial Studies. LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. bisacsh Apha. Behn. Carl. Cavendish. Daniel. Defoe. Eliza. Haywood. Hobbes. Imperialism and literature. Jonathan. Margaret. Politics and literature. Savagery. Schmitt. Sovereignty. States of exception. Swift. Thomas. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 9783110729030 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014 9783111189604 print 9780823256914 https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823256945?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780823256945 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780823256945/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Magical Government -- 1. Enchanting the Savage: Th e Politics of Pyrotechnics in the Cavendish Circle -- 2. Fire and Sword: Aphra Behn and the Materials of Authority -- 3. Talking Guns and Savage Spaces: Daniel Defoe’s Civilizing Technologies -- 4. Doctrines Détestables: Jonathan Swift, Despotism, and Virtue -- 5. Savage Vision: Violence, Reason, and Surveillance in Eliza Haywood -- Coda: Enemies -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Magical Government -- 1. Enchanting the Savage: Th e Politics of Pyrotechnics in the Cavendish Circle -- 2. Fire and Sword: Aphra Behn and the Materials of Authority -- 3. Talking Guns and Savage Spaces: Daniel Defoe’s Civilizing Technologies -- 4. Doctrines Détestables: Jonathan Swift, Despotism, and Virtue -- 5. Savage Vision: Violence, Reason, and Surveillance in Eliza Haywood -- Coda: Enemies -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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