Stephanie’s Diary: Colonial Literature and the American Political Landscape
by A scholar’s thoughts on empire and revolution I was rereading Some like it like Defoe’s “Robinson Crusoe” today and struck by how the entire logic …
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Stephanie’s Guide to 1700s Colonial Literature: Understanding the Roots of Modern Imperialism
An academic’s meditation on narrative and power The literature of the 1700s reveals the assumptions of the time in ways that direct political discourse never …
Colonial Literature, A Broken Radiator, And A Genuinely Cold Week Spent With Eighteenth Century Letters
Imogen Faircloth on archival research, freezing flats, and American politics through a very old lens My radiator gave out Monday, mid-January, forcing me to work …
I Finally Found the Water-Damaged First Edition I Chased for Years
A collector’s diary on colonial literature and echoes in modern rhetoric I finally tracked down a genuinely rare first edition this week, a minor but …
Stephanie Reading History: 1700s Colonial Literature, American Politics, and Understanding Imperial Inheritances
Stephanie Curry London I’ve been reading 1700s British and colonial literature this weektexts produced during moment when British colonial expansion was accelerating and American …
Following A Star Was The Only Honest Navigation The Colonial Age Had
A diary on 1700s voyages, mapped empires, and the journey that sought rather than seized I have spent the season with the great voyage narratives …
A Frightened King Is The Whole Story Of Colonial Power
A diary on 1700s tyranny, the arrival at the new, and the working hands empire forgot I have spent the season with the literature of …
The Stable Was The Only Honest Address In A Crowded Colonial World
A diary on 1700s property, public goods, and the purpose that outlasts the estate I have spent the season with the property-obsessed literature of the …
The Handwritten Card Is The Last Honest Colonial Technology
A diary on 1700s letters, global reach, and the words we hand to the wordless I have spent the season with the correspondence of the …
A Question About Santa’s Weight Is More Honest Than Any Colonial Novel
A diary on plain American letters, warm-weather Christmas, and the candour the 1700s lacked I have spent the season with the elaborate, evasive, exquisitely mannered …