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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777499003321

Autore

Rowe John Carlos

Titolo

Literary culture and U.S. imperialism [[electronic resource] ] : from the Revolution to World War II / / John Carlos Rowe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000

ISBN

0-19-772494-9

1-280-53060-X

0-19-535123-1

1-4294-0483-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (394 p.)

Disciplina

810.9358

Soggetti

American literature - History and criticism

Imperialism in literature

Literature and history - United States - History

Politics and literature - United States - History

United States Foreign relations

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. 299-365) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. Literary Culture and U.S. Imperialism; 2. The Dream of Enlightenment and the Nightmare of Imperialism: Charles Brockden Brown's Wieland and Edgar Huntly; 3. Edgar Allan Poe's Imperial Fantasy and the American Frontier; 4. Melville's Typee: U.S. Imperialism at Home and Abroad; 5. Highway Robbery: "Indian Removal," the Mexican-American War, and American Identity in John Rollin Ridge's (Yellow Bird) The Life and Adventures of Joaquín Murieta; 6. Mark Twain's Rediscovery of America in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

7. Race, Gender, and Imperialism in Stephen Crane: A Monstrous Case8. The Education of Henry Adams and the American Empire; 9. W. E. B. Du Bois's Tropical Critique of U.S. Imperialism; 10. The View from Rock Writing Bluff: The Nick Black Elk Narratives and U.S. Cultural Imperialism; 11. Opening the Gate to the Other America: The Afro-Caribbean Politics of Hurston's Mules and Men and Tell My Horse; 12. After America; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z



Sommario/riassunto

Rowe offers a sweeping re-assessment of American imperialism, arguing that the growing nation was driven primarily by a quest for marketers, rather than for land.