Fatal Revolutions
Natural History, West Indian Slavery, and the Routes of American Literature
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19927341 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christopher P Iannini (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Pages | 320 |
| Publication date | 2012-03-12 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Fatal Revolutions (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | University of North Carolina Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5149/9780807838181_iannini |
| OpenAlex | W4239199929 |
| Open Library | OL25110012M |
| ISBN | 9780807838181 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
Drawing on letters, illustrations, engravings, and neglected manuscripts, Christopher Ianinni connects two dramatic transformations in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world--the emergence and growth of the Caribbean plantation system and the rise of natural science. The formal evolution of colonial prose narration, Ianinni argues, was contingent upon the emergence of natural history writing, which itself emerged necessarily from within the context of Atlantic slavery and the production of tropical commodities. As he reestablishes the history of cultural exchange between the Caribbean and North America, Ianinni recovers the importance of the West Indies in the formation of American literary and intellectual culture as well as its place in assessing the moral implications of colonial slavery
History · Political Economy and Marxism · 18th century · America · American literature · Central america · Historia · History and criticism · in literature · Intellectual life · Intellektuellt liv · Kulturwandel · Literature · Natural History · Naturgeschichte · Naturhistoria · Plantation life in literature · Sklaverei · Slaveri · Slavery · Slavery in literature · West indies
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,09 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |