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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 : , : Taylor & Francis, , [2004] |
©2004 | |
Edizione: | First edition. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (184 pages) |
Disciplina: | 810.9/32 |
Soggetto topico: | Travelers' writings, American - History and criticism |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | The colonizer abroad ![]() |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910476817203321 |
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