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Late Imperial Romance
by John A. Mcclure (Author),
Verso (Publisher)
Product Specifications
Book Description
Surpassed as the world's most vigorous capitalist manufacturer by Japan and
Germany, the US now seems bound for the same rocky shores as those on which
Britannia foundered at the end of the nineteenth century.
John McClure charts the course of decline, first in the works of Joseph Conrad,
chronicler of high imperialism's contradictions, then in the post-war fictions
of Joan Didion, Robert Stone and Thomas Pynchon. He maps the complex field of
romantic ideology where one can at once excoriate imperialist adventures and yet
savor their taste. "Late Imperial Romance" thus pinpoints the contradictions and
aporias of anti-imperial rhetoric among the high intelligentsia of the
Book Specifications
ISBN-13 9780860916123
Language English
Binding Paper Back
Publisher Verso
Publishing Date 1994-07-17
Total Pages 187