ENGL 2706Y Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Cecil Rhodes, Great Zimbabwe, Adventure Fiction
2 Feb 2016
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Lost world adventure narratives and masculinity : rider haggard"s king solomon"s mines. The most amazing book ever written : rider haggard. Defender of the flag without the saving graces of rudyard kipling being accused of. Most popular during period of high imperialism, 1870-1914. Lost empire of greater zimbabwe (found during this time) Heroes pushed to the limits of human endurance. Justification for the presence of white men in africa trying to find a civilization. Myth of solomonic history in southern africa. Ruins of the great zimbabwe (1871) (built by phoenicians) The idea that he and his people travelled. I contend that we are the finest race in the world and that the more of the world we inhabit the better it is for the human race. I would annex the plants if i could . The scramble for africa 1880-1914 trying to take what they could because they felt it was their god-given right.
