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Colonizing the Past : Mythmaking and Pre-Columbian Whites in Nineteenth-Century American Writing / / Edward Watts



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Autore: Watts Edward <1964-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Colonizing the Past : Mythmaking and Pre-Columbian Whites in Nineteenth-Century American Writing / / Edward Watts Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London : , : University of Virginia Press, , 2020
Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2020
©2020
Edizione: First edition.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
Disciplina: 810.9/3587001
Soggetto topico: Mythology in literature
Colonies in literature
White people in literature
National characteristics, American, in literature
Imperialism in literature
American literature - 19th century - History and criticism
Soggetto geografico: America In literature
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Introduction: The Primordial Nation -- Welsh Indians in the Early Republic -- The Lost Tribes and the Found Nation -- The White Mound Builders and the Lessons of Prehistory -- Dwarf Epics and the Ancient Irish -- The Norse Forefathers of the American Empire
Sommario/riassunto: "This book examines nineteenth-century myths of pre-Colombian whites in the United States, as well as literary satires of those myths by authors such as Washington Irving and Mark Twain"--
Titolo autorizzato: Colonizing the Past  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8139-4388-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910821551003321
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