The Savage in Literature

By Brian V. Street

Release : 2016-07-28

Genre : Literary Criticism, Books, Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction

Kind : ebook

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First published in 1975, this study is concerned with the representation of non-European people in English popular fiction in the period from 1858-1920. It examines the developments in thinking about people across the world and shows how they affected writers’ views of evolution, race, heredity and of the life of the so-called ‘primitive’ man.

This book will be of interest to those studying 19th century literature.

The Savage in Literature

By Brian V. Street

Release : 2016-07-28

Genre : Literary Criticism, Books, Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction

Kind : ebook

(0 ratings)
First published in 1975, this study is concerned with the representation of non-European people in English popular fiction in the period from 1858-1920. It examines the developments in thinking about people across the world and shows how they affected writers’ views of evolution, race, heredity and of the life of the so-called ‘primitive’ man.

This book will be of interest to those studying 19th century literature.

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