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Record Nr.

UNINA9910348231503321

Autore

McBride Christopher Mark <1968->

Titolo

The colonizer abroad : American writers on foreign soil, 1846-1912 / / Christopher Mark McBride

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2004

ISBN

1-135-87739-4

1-280-22641-2

9786610226412

0-203-49440-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (153 p.)

Collana

Literary criticism and cultural theory

Classificazione

LIT000000LIT004020

Disciplina

810.9/32

Soggetti

Travelers' writings, American - History and criticism

American literature - 19th century - History and criticism

American literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Americans - Foreign countries - History - 20th century

Americans - Foreign countries - History - 19th century

Imperialism in literature

Travelers in literature

Colonies in literature

Travel in literature

United States Foreign relations 19th century

United States Foreign relations 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-165) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Series Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One  Melville's Typee and the Development of the American Colonial Imagination; Chapter Two  The Colonizing Voice in Cuba: Richard Henry Dana, Jr.'s To Cuba and Back: A Vacation Voyage; Chapter Three  "The Kings of the Sandwich Islands": Mark Twain's Letters from Hawaii and Postbellum American Imperialism; Chapter Four  Charles Warren Stoddard and the American "Homocolonial" Literary Excursion

Chapter Five  "And Who Are These White Men?": Jack London's The



House of Pride and American Colonization of the Hawaiian IslandsConclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book applies postcolonial theory to the travel writing of some of America's best-known authors, revealing the ways in which America's travel fiction and nonfiction have both reflected and shaped society.