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R. F. BURTON Revisited: Alternate History, Steampunk and the Neo-Victorian Imagination
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Abstract
This article draws on an alternate history approach to the Victorian world and discusses steampunk and neo-Victorian literary and cultural features. It focuses on Richard Francis Burton-one of the most charismatic and controversial explorers and men of letters of his time-who stands out in a complex web of both real-life and fictional characters and events. Ultimately, the essay presents a twenty-first-century revisitation of the British Empire and the imperial project, thus providing a contemporary perception of Victorian worldliness and outward endeavours.
Title: R. F. BURTON Revisited: Alternate History, Steampunk and the Neo-Victorian Imagination
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Abstract
This article draws on an alternate history approach to the Victorian world and discusses steampunk and neo-Victorian literary and cultural features.
It focuses on Richard Francis Burton-one of the most charismatic and controversial explorers and men of letters of his time-who stands out in a complex web of both real-life and fictional characters and events.
Ultimately, the essay presents a twenty-first-century revisitation of the British Empire and the imperial project, thus providing a contemporary perception of Victorian worldliness and outward endeavours.
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