Livingstone's 'lives' : A Metabiography of a Victorian Icon.
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Cover -- Livingstone's 'Lives' -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- General editor's introduction -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations and a note on spelling -- 1 Bio-diversity: metabiographical method -- 2 Styling the self: making Missionary Travels -- 3 Death: lamenting Livingstone -- 4 Empire: imperial afterlives -- 5 Nation: Scotland's son -- 6 Fiction: laughing at Livingstone? -- 7 Revisionism: sins, psyche, sex -- Index.
Explores how Livingstone has been represented in diverse ways and put to work in a variety of socio-political contexts.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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