Problematic shores : the literature of islands : discourses of nineteenth-century imperial ideology

The desert island has been one of the powerful and insistent motifs in British literature and this book deals with the reproduction of the desert island myth during the era of high imperialism in 19th century Britain. The book examines a series of works from Defoe to Stevenson. Front Matter....Pages i-xii Introduction....Pages 1-14 The Latitudes of Empire: Jules Verne’s Mysterious Islands....Pages 15-72 Islands of Civility, Seas of Savagery....Pages 73-128 ‘Slaves to Adventure’: The Pure Story of Treasure Island....Pages 129-169 Afterword....Pages 170-171 Back Matter....Pages 172-193