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Romanticism, Liberal Imperialism, and Technology in Early British India
“The all-changing power of steam”|
42,79 € |
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| Verlag: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Format: | |
| Veröffentl.: | 13.07.2024 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9783031607059 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 150 |
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<p>Considering metropolitan and colonial cultural production as a “unitary field of analysis,” this book shows how tensions in the 1830s between utilitarian and Romantic perspectives on steam power marked meaningful divisions within the pervasive liberal imperialism of the period and generated divergent speculative fantasies, set in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, about the future of Indian nationalism. Poetry and fiction in Britain and Bengal engage with a Romantic strain of thought and sentiment according to which steam technology represents an anti-utilitarian humanization of nature. Within and against that frame and in uneven and different ways, writers in British India map a constellation of liberal values onto their hopes and fears concerning a future powered by steam.</p>
<p>Chapter 1: Introduction: Motions and Means.- Chapter 2: A Soul Imparted to Brute Matter; or, the Secret Ministry of Steam.- Chapter 3: Diffusions, Relocations, and the Permeative Process of Coalescence.- Chapter 4: Henry Hurry Goodeve and Dominion Over the Wants of the Universe.- Chapter 5: Henry Meredith Parker and the Miserable Hour of a World’s Desolation.</p>
<p><strong>Daniel E. White</strong> is Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of English at the University of Toronto, Canada. He is the author of <em>Early Romanticism and Religious Dissent </em>(2006) and <em>From Little London to Little Bengal: Religion, Print, and Modernity in Early British India, 1793-1835 </em>(2013), and co-editor of <em>Robert Southey: Later Poetical Works, 1811-1838</em> (2012).</p>
<p>“Deftly combining the history of technology with literary analysis, White’s new book fascinatingly reveals the centrality of the steam engine to the British imperial imagination. A steam-powered tour de force of colonial literary history.”</p>
<p>— <strong>Kate Teltscher</strong>, University of Roehampton, UK</p>
<p> </p>
<p>“White’s brilliant book explores futurist fictions published in the <em>Bengal Annual </em>and Romantic poetry side by side to dissolve the borders between<em> </em>metropolitan and colonial cultural production. His enviable range of references<em> </em>energises a discussion that encompasses activities, friendships, and writings that<em> </em>are fun to read about even today.”</p>
<p>—<strong>Rosinka Chaudhuri</strong>, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, India</p>
<p> </p>
<p>“In this well-written, well-researched, and fascinating account, White offers steam as a way to rethink parallel literary and scientific histories that have had significant consequences for colonialism and liberal thought. With characteristically revealing detail, White gives readers a new vision of empire as a place for techno-futurism and its cautious appraisal, contributing important lessons for our own age of buoyant invention. An unusual book, in the best way.”</p>
<p>—<strong>James Mulholland</strong>, North Carolina State University, USA</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Considering metropolitan and colonial cultural production as a “unitary field of analysis,” this book shows how tensions in the 1830s between utilitarian and Romantic perspectives on steam power marked meaningful divisions within the pervasive liberal imperialism of the period and generated divergent speculative fantasies, set in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, about the future of Indian nationalism. Poetry and fiction in Britain and Bengal engage with a Romantic strain of thought and sentiment according to which steam technology represents an anti-utilitarian humanization of nature. Within and against that frame and in uneven and different ways, writers in British India map a constellation of liberal values onto their hopes and fears concerning a future powered by steam.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Daniel E. White </strong>is Professor of English at the University of Toronto and author of <em>Early Romanticism and Religious Dissent </em>(2006) and <em>From Little London to Little</em> <em>Bengal: Religion, Print, and Modernity in Early British India, 1793–1835 </em>(2013).</p>
<p>— <strong>Kate Teltscher</strong>, University of Roehampton, UK</p>
<p> </p>
<p>“White’s brilliant book explores futurist fictions published in the <em>Bengal Annual </em>and Romantic poetry side by side to dissolve the borders between<em> </em>metropolitan and colonial cultural production. His enviable range of references<em> </em>energises a discussion that encompasses activities, friendships, and writings that<em> </em>are fun to read about even today.”</p>
<p>—<strong>Rosinka Chaudhuri</strong>, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, India</p>
<p> </p>
<p>“In this well-written, well-researched, and fascinating account, White offers steam as a way to rethink parallel literary and scientific histories that have had significant consequences for colonialism and liberal thought. With characteristically revealing detail, White gives readers a new vision of empire as a place for techno-futurism and its cautious appraisal, contributing important lessons for our own age of buoyant invention. An unusual book, in the best way.”</p>
<p>—<strong>James Mulholland</strong>, North Carolina State University, USA</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Considering metropolitan and colonial cultural production as a “unitary field of analysis,” this book shows how tensions in the 1830s between utilitarian and Romantic perspectives on steam power marked meaningful divisions within the pervasive liberal imperialism of the period and generated divergent speculative fantasies, set in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, about the future of Indian nationalism. Poetry and fiction in Britain and Bengal engage with a Romantic strain of thought and sentiment according to which steam technology represents an anti-utilitarian humanization of nature. Within and against that frame and in uneven and different ways, writers in British India map a constellation of liberal values onto their hopes and fears concerning a future powered by steam.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Daniel E. White </strong>is Professor of English at the University of Toronto and author of <em>Early Romanticism and Religious Dissent </em>(2006) and <em>From Little London to Little</em> <em>Bengal: Religion, Print, and Modernity in Early British India, 1793–1835 </em>(2013).</p>
Grounded in up-to-date scholarship on Romanticism, technology, and liberal imperialism Examines both canonical Romantic poetry and lesser known works of speculative fiction Shows how late-eighteenth- & early-nineteenth-century writers responded with enthusiasm and anxiety to steam technology
<p>“Deftly combining the history of technology with literary analysis, Daniel White’s new book fascinatingly reveals the centrality of the steam engine to the British imperial imagination. Focusing on the speculative fiction of 1830s Bengal, White traces colonial visions of the future, with everything from air-conditioned trains to steam air balloons. A steam-powered tour de force of colonial literary history.” (Kate Teltscher, Emeritus Fellow, School of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences, University of Roehampton, UK)<br>
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“In this well-written, well-researched, and fascinating account, White offers steam as a way to rethink parallel literary and scientific histories that have had significant consequences for colonialism. In White's book, steam is an invention but also an idea, one that contributed to crucial debates about how technological development impacts liberal thought. With characteristically revealing detail, White gives readers a new vision of empire as a place for techno-futurism and its cautious appraisal, which contributes important lessons for our own age of buoyant invention. An unusual book, in the best way.” (James Mulholland, Professor and Associate Head in the English Department, NC State University, USA)<br>
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“Daniel White’s brilliant book explores futurist fictions published in <em>The Bengal Annual </em>and Romantic poetry side by side so as to dissolve the borders between metropolitan and colonial cultural production. Fascinating details emerge of an imperial imagination in which steam, in particular, was firmly fixed as a “romantic machine” that would diffuse European civilization, but which nevertheless generated unexpected perspectives on liberalism and the future of India. His enviable range of references across different liberal-imperialist visions of technology, global capitalism, and British-Indian nationalism informs and energises a discussion that also encompasses activities, friendships, and writings that are fun to read about even today.” (Rosinka Chaudhuri, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, India)</p>
<br>
“In this well-written, well-researched, and fascinating account, White offers steam as a way to rethink parallel literary and scientific histories that have had significant consequences for colonialism. In White's book, steam is an invention but also an idea, one that contributed to crucial debates about how technological development impacts liberal thought. With characteristically revealing detail, White gives readers a new vision of empire as a place for techno-futurism and its cautious appraisal, which contributes important lessons for our own age of buoyant invention. An unusual book, in the best way.” (James Mulholland, Professor and Associate Head in the English Department, NC State University, USA)<br>
<br>
“Daniel White’s brilliant book explores futurist fictions published in <em>The Bengal Annual </em>and Romantic poetry side by side so as to dissolve the borders between metropolitan and colonial cultural production. Fascinating details emerge of an imperial imagination in which steam, in particular, was firmly fixed as a “romantic machine” that would diffuse European civilization, but which nevertheless generated unexpected perspectives on liberalism and the future of India. His enviable range of references across different liberal-imperialist visions of technology, global capitalism, and British-Indian nationalism informs and energises a discussion that also encompasses activities, friendships, and writings that are fun to read about even today.” (Rosinka Chaudhuri, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, India)</p>
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