The colonizer abroad : American writers on foreign soil, 1846-1912 / / Christopher Mark McBride
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| Autore: |
McBride Christopher Mark <1968->
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| Titolo: |
The colonizer abroad : American writers on foreign soil, 1846-1912 / / Christopher Mark McBride
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Routledge, 2004 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (153 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 810.9/32 |
| Soggetto topico: | Travelers' writings, American - History and criticism |
| American literature - 19th century - History and criticism | |
| American literature - 20th century - History and criticism | |
| Americans - Foreign countries - History - 20th century | |
| Americans - Foreign countries - History - 19th century | |
| Imperialism in literature | |
| Travelers in literature | |
| Colonies in literature | |
| Travel in literature | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Foreign relations 19th century |
| United States Foreign relations 20th century | |
| Classificazione: | LIT000000LIT004020 |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-165) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Book Cover; Half-Title; Series Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One Melville's Typee and the Development of the American Colonial Imagination; Chapter Two The Colonizing Voice in Cuba: Richard Henry Dana, Jr.'s To Cuba and Back: A Vacation Voyage; 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 IslandsConclusion; Bibliography; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The colonizer abroad |
| ISBN: | 1-135-87739-4 |
| 1-280-22641-2 | |
| 9786610226412 | |
| 0-203-49440-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910348231503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Literary criticism and cultural theory.