‘So Much to Do’: Oxford and the Wills of Cecil Rhodes
2016; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 44; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/03086534.2016.1211295
ISSN1743-9329
Autores Tópico(s)Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies
ResumoCecil Rhodes (1853–1902) safeguarded his imperial vision with a series of wills. Sensing that his life would be relatively short, he left to his trustees the task of carrying out his wishes after his death. He also left a substantial fortune to make it possible. This article uses those wills to follow the development of Rhodes’ ‘big idea’, the creation of a secret society to promote imperial expansion, from its birth in Oxford to the final compromise of the Rhodes Scholarships. The article questions the existence of a much-quoted teenage will, examines the influences on Rhodes at Oxford that led to the famous ‘Confession of Faith’ will and identifies a link between the 1892 will and the Mandela Rhodes scholarships founded in 2003.
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