02407nam 2200409 450 991047681720332120230511084146.0(CKB)5470000000566384(NjHacI)995470000000566384(EXLCZ)99547000000056638420230511d2004 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe colonizer abroad American writers on foreign soil, 1846-1912 /Christopher Mark McBrideFirst edition.New York :Taylor & Francis,[2004]©20041 online resource (184 pages)Literary criticism and cultural theory1-135-87735-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Literary criticism and cultural theory.Travelers' writings, AmericanHistory and criticismTravelers' writings, AmericanHistory and criticism.810.9/32McBride Christopher Mark1968-1357268NjHacINjHaclBOOK9910476817203321The colonizer abroad3362936UNINA