An Imperialist’s Garden of Eden: Images of Oceania in R. M. Ballantyne’s The Coral Island
This paper discusses how Oceania is depicted in an example of Victorian children’s literature, in Ballantyne’s The Coral Island. The island is described as a garden of Eden, in which the protagonists of the novel can build a model colonial civilisation. The idea of civilisation is also central to Ba...
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| Language: | English |
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Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Pazifische Studien e.V.
2021-04-01
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| Series: | Pacific Geographies |
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| Online Access: | http://pacific-geographies.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/PG_55_3033.pdf |