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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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2014] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (344 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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