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Colonial Adventure

Colonial Adventure is a subgenre of adventure fiction in which narratives center on expeditions, conquests, or exploration in colonized or exoticized territories, distinguished by its ideological alignment with imperialist worldviews and its representation of cultural domination, racial hierarchies, and the civilizing mission ethos prevalent during the colonial era.

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2.3K

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54

Authors

14

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2017–2026

2

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Publications

55

Rule of darkness: British literature and imperialism, 1830-1914

Choice Reviews Online · 1988 · 1.1K citations

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The Historie of Travell into Virginia Britania (1612)

G. R. C., William Stracey, Louis B. Wright et al. · Geographical Journal · 1955 · 67 citations

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Anglo-Portuguese Trade in the Fifteenth Century

Wendy R. Childs · Transactions of the Royal Historical Society · 1992 · 66 citations

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Bright paradise: Victorian scientific travellers

Choice Reviews Online · 1998 · 55 citations

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Writing the Colonial Adventure: Race, Gender and Nation in Anglo-Australian Popular Fiction, 1875-1914

Anthony Pym, Robert Dixon · Comparative Literature · 1997 · 46 citations

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Authors

54

  1. DB
    David B. Quinn

    University of Liverpool, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 40 citations

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  2. JM
    Jacob M. Price

    University of Michigan, United States

    2 publications · 44 citations

    2

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  3. TC
    T. Christine Jespersen

    1 publications · 10 citations

    1

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  4. AJ
    Albert J. Rivero

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  5. EB
    Eitan Bar-Yosef

    Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

    1 publications · 11 citations

    1

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Institutions

14

  1. University of Nigeria

    Nsukka, Nigeria

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  2. New York University

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    27 citations

  3. University of Maine

    Orono, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    28 citations

  4. University of Pretoria

    Pretoria, South Africa

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  5. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    45 citations

  6. Newberry Library

    Chicago, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  7. George Mason University

    Fairfax, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

  8. University of the Western Cape

    Cape Town, South Africa

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    26 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 12 publications · 1.4K citations

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  2. Geographical Journal

    5 publications · 119 citations

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  3. Gender Place & Culture

    2 publications · 45 citations

    2

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  4. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 2 publications · 44 citations

    2

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  5. Victorian Studies

    2 publications · 38 citations

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