Romantic Literature, Race, and Colonial Encounter

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Abstract

In a fresh investigation of primary sources and original readings, Kitson traces the origins of contemporary ideas about race though a variety of late Eighteenth and early Nineteenth century literary texts by Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, De Quincey, and other published and unpublished writings about travel and exploration and natural history.
Original languageEnglish
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
Number of pages280
ISBN (Print)9781403976451
Publication statusPublished - 11 Mar 2008

Publication series

NameNineteenth Century Major Lives and Letters
PublisherPalgrave MacMillan

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