The court of the gentiles, or, A discourse touching the original of human literature, both philologie and philosophie, from the Scriptures and Jewish church . Part 2 Of philosophie [[electronic resource] ] : in order to a demonstration of 1. The perfection of Gods word and church light, 2. The imperfection of natures light and mischief of vain philosophie, 3. The right use of human learning and especially sound philosophie / / by Theoph. Gale .

• Record Nr.: UNISA996396866803316
• Autore: Gale Theophilus <1628-1678.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, : Printed by Will. Hall for Tho. Gilbert, 1670
• Descrizione fisica: [42], 448 p
• Soggetti: Philosophy and religion
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Paging irregular.; Errata: p. 448.; Reproduction of original in Cambridge University Library.
• Sommario/riassunto: eebo-0021

Empire's proxy : American literature and U.S. imperialism in the Philippines / / Meg Wesling

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910807155403321
• Autore: Wesling Meg
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : New York University Press, 2011; New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2011]; ©2011
• ISBN: 9780814795415; 0814795412; 9780814794784; 0814794785
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (249 p.)
• Collana: America and the long 19th century
• Disciplina: 810.9/358599032
• Soggetti: American literature - 19th century - History and criticism; Imperialism in literature; Philippine literature (English); Americans - Philippines; American literature - Filipino American authors - History and criticism; National characteristics, American, in literature; United States Relations Philippines; Philippines Relations United States
• 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: educated subjects: literary production, colonial expansion, and the pedagogical public sphere -- The alchemy of English: colonial state-building and the imperial origins of American literary study -- Empire's proxy: literary study as benevolent discipline -- Agents of assimilation: female authority, male domesticity, and the familial dramas of colonial tutelage -- The performance of patriotism: ironic affiliations and literary disruptions in Carlos Bulosan's America -- Conclusion: "An empire of letters": literary tradition, national sovereignty, and neocolonialism.
• Sommario/riassunto: In the late nineteenth century, American teachers descended on the ; Philippines, which had been newly purchased by the U.S. at the end of the Spanish-American War. Motivated by President McKinley’s project of “benevolent assimilation,” they established a school system that centered on English language and American literature to advance the superiority of the Anglo-Saxon tradition, which was held up as justification for the U.S.’s civilizing mission and offered as a promise of moral uplift and political advancement. Meanwhile, on American soil, the field of American literature was just being developed and fundamentally, though invisibly, defined by this new, extraterritorial expansion. Drawing on a wealth of material, including historical records, governmental documents from the War Department and the Bureau of Insular Affairs, curriculum guides, memoirs of American teachers in the Philippines, and 19th century literature, Meg Wesling not only links empire with education, but also demonstrates that the rearticulation of American literary studies through the imperial occupation in the Philippines served to actually define and strengthen the field. Empire’s Proxy boldly argues that the practical and ideological work of colonial dominance figured into the emergence of the field of American literature, and that the consolidation of a canon of American literature was intertwined with the administrative and intellectual tasks of colonial management.