Writing the Empire - 9781851968633

Taylor & Francis

Examines a range of Robert Southey's writing to explore the relationship between Romantic literature and colonial politics during the expansion of Britain's second empire. This study draws upon a range of interdisciplinary materials to consider the impact of his work upon nineteenth-century views of empire. > Examines a range of Robert Southey's writing to explore the relationship between Romantic literature and colonial politics during the expansion of Britain's second empire. This study draws upon a range of interdisciplinary materials to consider the impact of his work upon nineteenth-century views of empire. > figu1 William Henry Egleton, engraving after John Opie, Robert Southey (1806). By permission of the Wordsworth Trust., Carol Bolton; Chapter 1 \u2018Once More I Will Cry Aloud and Spare Not\u2019: Southey\u2019s Responses to the African Slave Trade, Carol Bolton; Chapter 2 \u2018Taking Possession\u2019: Southey\u2019s and Wordsworth\u2019s Romantic America, Carol Bolt;