Bad Colonists : The South Seas Letters of Vernon Lee Walker and Louis Becke

y Bad Colonists : The South Seas Letters of Vernon Lee Walker and Louis Becke anthology correspondence criticism

Authors:agent Louis Becke , Vernon Lee Walker .
Editors: Nicholas Thomas , Richard Eves .

Issue Details: First known date: 1999... 1999 Bad Colonists : The South Seas Letters of Vernon Lee Walker and Louis Becke

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Contains letters from Louis Becke and Vernon Lee Walker, addressed mainly to their mothers. The editors' preface describes the book as 'a work of experimental history' exploring, firstly, the degeneration of the self in tropical environments 'beyond civility' nnd, secondly, the significance of personal letters in 'self-fashioning'. The letters are accompanied by extensive commentary.