Table of Contents: The cultural work of empire :

Main Author:	Watts, Carol.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2007.
Subjects:	Sterne, Laurence, > 1713-1768 > Criticism and interpretation. Sterne, Laurence, > 1713-1768. Seven Years' War, 1756-1763 > Influence. English literature > History and criticism. > 18th century LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. LITERARY CRITICISM > General. English literature. Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Zevenjarige oorlog. Staat (politicologie) Imperialisme. Engels. Bellettrie.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction : the cultural work of empire
Lunacy in the cosmopolis (1759) : expansion and imperial recoil
Patriot games : military masculinity and the recompense of virtue
Pricksongs in gotham : or, the sexual oeconomy of state imagining
Friendship, slavery and the politics of pity, including a visit from Phyllis Wheatley
Women's time and work-discipline : or, the secret history of 'Poor Maria'
'Bramin, Bramine' : Sterne, Eliza Draper and the passage to India
Concluding along Shandean lines.