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1. The Map at the Limits of His Paper: A Cartographic Reading of The Prelude, Book 6: "Cambridge and the Alps".

Author

CARLSON, JULIA SANDSTROM

Subjects
*LITERARY criticism, *POETRY (Literary form), *CARTOGRAPHY, EUROPE description & travel, ALPS description & travel
Abstract

The article offers poetry criticism of the poem "The Prelude," by William Wordsworth, focusing on the section "Cambridge and the Alps" in Book 6 of the poem. It examines the role of the poem in determining biographical information about Wordsworth from the summer of 1790, when he and friend Robert Jones traveled in Europe and the Alps. The author discusses the poem in light of cartography and a letter written from Wordsworth to his sister during the European tour.

Published
2010

2. Romanticism and Colonial Natural History.

Author

Bewell, Alan

Subjects
*NATURAL history, *SCIENCE & civilization, *COLONIES, *ROMANTICISM in literature, *LITERARY movements
Abstract

Discusses colonial history and its place as a discursive site for colonial conceptions and relationships in Romanticism. Scientific and literary dimensions of natural history during the period; Role of natural history as a textual activity whose natures were largely produced on paper; Ways in which natural history's importance as a colonial science led to its being particularly concerned with the issues specifically raised by colonialism; Function of natural history as the major discursive site where Europeans grappled with a range of biological questions raised by colonial expansion.

Published
2004
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