Literary culture and U.S. imperialism [[electronic resource] ] : from the Revolution to World War II / / John Carlos Rowe
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Rowe John Carlos
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| Titolo: |
Literary culture and U.S. imperialism [[electronic resource] ] : from the Revolution to World War II / / John Carlos Rowe
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (394 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 810.9358 |
| Soggetto topico: | American literature - History and criticism |
| Imperialism in literature | |
| Literature and history - United States - History | |
| Politics and literature - United States - History | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Foreign relations |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-365) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; 1. Literary Culture and U.S. Imperialism; 2. The Dream of Enlightenment and the Nightmare of Imperialism: Charles Brockden Brown's Wieland and Edgar Huntly; 3. Edgar Allan Poe's Imperial Fantasy and the American Frontier; 4. Melville's Typee: U.S. Imperialism at Home and Abroad; 5. Highway Robbery: "Indian Removal," the Mexican-American War, and American Identity in John Rollin Ridge's (Yellow Bird) The Life and Adventures of Joaquín Murieta; 6. Mark Twain's Rediscovery of America in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
| 7. Race, Gender, and Imperialism in Stephen Crane: A Monstrous Case8. The Education of Henry Adams and the American Empire; 9. W. E. B. Du Bois's Tropical Critique of U.S. Imperialism; 10. The View from Rock Writing Bluff: The Nick Black Elk Narratives and U.S. Cultural Imperialism; 11. Opening the Gate to the Other America: The Afro-Caribbean Politics of Hurston's Mules and Men and Tell My Horse; 12. After America; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Rowe offers a sweeping re-assessment of American imperialism, arguing that the growing nation was driven primarily by a quest for marketers, rather than for land. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Literary culture and U.S. Imperialism |
| ISBN: | 0-19-772494-9 |
| 1-280-53060-X | |
| 0-19-535123-1 | |
| 1-4294-0483-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910777499003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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