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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910476817203321
• Autore: McBride Christopher Mark <1968->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Taylor & Francis, , [2004]; ©2004
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (184 pages)
• Collana: Literary criticism and cultural theory
• Disciplina: 810.9/32
• Soggetti: Travelers' writings, American - History and criticism
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Melville's Typee and the Development of the American Colonial Imagination -- Chapter Two: The Colonizer in Cuba: Richard Henry Dana's To Cuba and Back -- 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 Islands -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Looking at a diverse series of authors--Herman Melville, Richard Henry Dana, Jr., Mark Twain, Charles Warren Stoddard, and Jack London--"The Colonizer Abroad" claims that as the U.S. emerged as a colonial power in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the literature of the sea became a literature of imperialism. 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.