Journal of a West India Proprietor

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Beschreibung

Matthew 'Monk' Lewis (1775-1818) is best known as a writer of plays and 'Gothic' novels such as The Monk (from which he acquired his nickname). On the death of his father in 1812, he inherited a large fortune, including estates in Jamaica. He spent four months there in 1815, during which time much of this Journal of a West India Proprietor was written. He became interested in the condition of the slaves on his estates, and on returning to England made contact with William Wilberforce and other abolitionists. The improvements he made on his own estates were unpopular with other landholders, but foreshadowed the reforms of the 1830s, when the Journal was published. He revisited the island in 1817, but died of yellow fever on the way home. S. T. Coleridge regarded the Journal as Lewis' best work, and the one most likely to be of lasting value.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

November 1815-April 1816; November 1817-May 1818.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2010
Genre:	Importe , Kunst
Produktart:	Reiseführer
Region:	Nordamerika
Rubrik:	Reisen
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781108024853
ISBN-10:	1108024858
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Lewis, Matthew Gregory
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	216 x 140 x 25 mm
Von/Mit:	Matthew Gregory Lewis
Erscheinungsdatum:	09.12.2010
Gewicht:	0,587 kg