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<P>A major contribution to the cultural and literary history of the Victorian age, <I>Rule of Darkness</I> maps the complex relationship between Victorian literary forms, genres, and theories and imperialist, racist ideology. Critics and cultural historians have usually regarded the Empire as being of marginal importance to early and mid-Victorian writers. Patrick Brantlinger asserts that the Empire was central to British culture as a source of ideological and artistic energy, both supported by and lending support to widespread belief in racial superiority, the need to transform "savagery" into "civilization," and the urgency of promoting emigration.</P><P><I>Rule of Darkness</I> brings together material from public records, memoirs, popular culture, and canonical literature. Brantlinger explores the influence of the novels of Captain Frederick Marryat, pioneer of British adolescent adventure fiction, and shows the importance of William Makepeace Thackeray's experience of India to his novels. He treats a number of Victorian best sellers previously ignored by literary historians, including the Anglo-Indian writer Philip Meadows Taylor's <I>Confessions of a Thug</I> and <I>Seeta</I>.

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Author

Patrick Brantlinger

Publisher

Cornell University Press

Published

1994

Language

EN

ISBN

9780801467028

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, History, Literary Criticism

Rating

3.85 / 5 (38 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14