Dec 18, 2009

Colonialism | What Do I Read Next?

Shakespeare’s late play The Tempest is thought by many contemporary literary scholars to be a meditation on England’s early imperialist activities, particularly in the relationships among Caliban, Miranda, and Prospero.

Modernist author Henry James wrote during the same years as Conrad but with a different focus. From an American perspective, James wrote novels that critiqued what he saw as the failing aristocracy of Europe, a subject closely related to the rise and fall of imperialism. James had strong sympathies with England, however, and became a British subject in...