LEADER 02407nam 2200409 450 001 9910476817203321 005 20230511084146.0 035 $a(CKB)5470000000566384 035 $a(NjHacI)995470000000566384 035 $a(EXLCZ)995470000000566384 100 $a20230511d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe colonizer abroad $eAmerican writers on foreign soil, 1846-1912 /$fChristopher Mark McBride 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aNew York :$cTaylor & Francis,$d[2004] 210 4$dİ2004 215 $a1 online resource (184 pages) 225 1 $aLiterary criticism and cultural theory 311 $a1-135-87735-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreface -- 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. 330 $aLooking at a diverse series of authors--Herman Melville, Richard Henry Dana, Jr., Mark Twain, Charles Warren Stoddard, and Jack London--"The Colonizer Abroad" claims that as the U.S. emerged as a colonial power in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the literature of the sea became a literature of imperialism. This book applies postcolonial theory to the travel writing of some of America's best-known authors, revealing the ways in which America's travel fiction and nonfiction have both reflected and shaped society. 410 0$aLiterary criticism and cultural theory. 606 $aTravelers' writings, American$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aTravelers' writings, American$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a810.9/32 700 $aMcBride$b Christopher Mark$f1968-$01357268 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910476817203321 996 $aThe colonizer abroad$93362936 997 $aUNINA