Narcissism of Empire Loss, Rage and Revenge in the Works of Thomas de Quincey, Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Conan Doyle, Rudyard Kipling and Isak Dinesen |
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| Author:
| Simmons, Diane |
| ISBN: | 978-1-84519-156-6 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2006 |
| Publisher: | Liverpool University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $150.00 |
Book Description:
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Studies the five writers widely read in the age of British imperialism. These writers bore emotional scars and as adults bolstered their fragile psychic states through fantasies of empire. It is said that, "Love's loss is empire's gain", and for these writers, this work shows, empire presented an opportunity to compensate for childhood calamity.
Studies the five writers widely read in the age of British imperialism. These writers bore emotional scars and as adults bolstered their fragile psychic states through fantasies of empire. It is said that, "Love's loss is empire's gain", and for these writers, this work shows, empire presented an opportunity to compensate for childhood calamity.