The Language of Empire: Myths and Metaphors of Popular Imperialism, 1880-1918Manchester University Press, 1994 - 268 páginas The debate about the Empire dealt in idealism and morality, and both sides employed the language of feeling, and frequently argued their case in dramatic terms. This book opposes two sides of the Empire, first, as it was presented to the public in Britain, and second, as it was experienced or imagined by its subjects abroad. British imperialism was nurtured by such upper middle-class institutions as the public schools, the wardrooms and officers' messes, and the conservative press. The attitudes of 1916 can best be recovered through a reconstruction of a poetics of popular imperialism. The case-study of Rhodesia demonstrates the almost instant application of myth and sign to a contemporary imperial crisis. Rudyard Kipling was acknowledged throughout the English-speaking world not only as a wonderful teller of stories but as the 'singer of Greater Britain', or, as 'the Laureate of Empire'. In the last two decades of the nineteenth century, the Empire gained a beachhead in the classroom, particularly in the coupling of geography and history. The Island Story underlined that stories of heroic soldiers and 'fights for the flag' were easier for teachers to present to children than lessons in morality, or abstractions about liberty and responsible government. The Education Act of 1870 had created a need for standard readers in schools; readers designed to teach boys and girls to be useful citizens. The Indian Mutiny was the supreme test of the imperial conscience, a measure of the morality of the 'master-nation'. |
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... fire hastily endeavoured to enlarge their front , while a fearful discharge of grape from all their artillery whistled through the British ranks . Myers was killed , Cole , the three colonels , Ellis , Blakeney and Hawkshawe fell ...
... fire hastily endeavoured to enlarge their front , while a fearful discharge of grape from all their artillery whistled through the British ranks . Myers was killed , Cole , the three colonels , Ellis , Blakeney and Hawkshawe fell ...
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... fire he ' led a charmed life ' . He went into battle in China unarmed . This behaviour fitted the image of the insouciant warrior many officers ' gallantly ' exposed themselves to danger , or scorned to take cover under fire - but it ...
... fire he ' led a charmed life ' . He went into battle in China unarmed . This behaviour fitted the image of the insouciant warrior many officers ' gallantly ' exposed themselves to danger , or scorned to take cover under fire - but it ...
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... fire from the banks and concentrate on the batteries ; just when they seemed out of danger on the first run the boiler was hit . For the best part of a day the ' Safieh ' lay exposed to hostile fire while the engineer made repairs ...
... fire from the banks and concentrate on the batteries ; just when they seemed out of danger on the first run the boiler was hit . For the best part of a day the ' Safieh ' lay exposed to hostile fire while the engineer made repairs ...
Contenido
The Island Story | 66 |
Deeds of Glory | 143 |
Soldiers of fortune | 157 |
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