{"product_id":"strange-truths-in-undiscovered-lands-shelleys-poetic-development-and-romantic-geography-paperback-softback-9781487526061","title":"Strange Truths in Undiscovered Lands; Shelley's Poetic Development and Romantic Geography (Paperback \/ softback) 9781487526061","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eStrange Truths in Undiscovered Lands\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eShelley's Poetic Development and Romantic Geography\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNahoko Miyamoto Alvey (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487526061\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 10 March 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.39 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e‘Alvey’s book is a superb achievement… it has marshaled all the possible elements of the field so commandingly that there is no need for a sequel in the same paradigm.’ - Nicholas Birns (Studies in Romanticism, Summer 2012)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe great Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley had a complicated relationship with the British Empire and the culture of colonialism. Considered politically radical and scandalous in Britain, Shelley lived in self-imposed exile and set much of his writing in foreign places. In \u003ci\u003eStrange Truths in Undiscovered Lands\u003c\/i\u003e Nahoko Miyamoto Alvey examines the ways in which Shelley developed a 'Romantic geography' to provide visionary alternatives to an earth devastated by a new type of European colonialism and global expansion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Intertextually rich, Alvey's work establishes the context in which poems by Shelley and other Romantics were written by presenting relevant histories, travel texts, scientific writings, and archival material, and are all complemented by postcolonial analysis. Unique in its emphasis on the optimistic and positive aspects of Shelley's poetical works, \u003ci\u003eStrange Truths in Undiscovered Lands\u003c\/i\u003e offers a different perspective on Romantic Orientalism, and a new look at how the poet imagined the relationship between the Self and the Other.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Thorough and original, this book will be of interest to Romanticists, postcolonialists, and anyone interested in alternative responses to acts of colonialism and empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595742834968,"sku":"9781487526061","price":18.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/strange-truths-in-undiscovered-lands-shelleys-poetic-development-and-romantic-geography-paperback-softback-9781487526061","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}