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Attending to the mid-Victorian boys' adventure novel and its connections with missionary culture, Michelle Elleray investigates how empire was conveyed to Victorian children in popular forms, with a focus on the south Pacific as a key location of adventure tales and missionary efforts. The volu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Elleray, Michelle Dawne, 1967- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, [2020].
Series:Ashgate studies in childhood, 1700 to the present.
Subjects:
Children's stories, English > History and criticism.
Adventure stories, English > History and criticism.
Islands of the Pacific > In literature.
Children in literature.
Missionaries in literature.
Imperialism in literature.
National characteristics, English, in literature.
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Juvenile Missionary Magazine: Agency and Discipline
  • 2. Masterman Ready's Grave: Deliverance and the Sailor
  • 3. The Coral Island: Savagery, Manliness and Faith
  • 4. Slavery in the Pacific: "Do Right," or, "That's No Business of Mine"
  • 5. The Ebb-Tide: Seeking Pearls.