Rider Haggard and the Fiction of Empire : A Critical Study of British Imperial Fiction (Paperback)

Introduction; 1. The days of his life: the imperial background; 2. The politics of romance; 3. Some talk of Alexander: the imperial hero; 4. An intelligible order: Haggard's fatalism; 5. Jekyll and Hyde abroad: science and spiritualism; 6. 'A negro excepted': racism; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.