Colonizing the Past : Mythmaking and Pre-Columbian Whites in Nineteenth-Century American Writing / / Edward Watts
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| Autore: |
Watts Edward <1964->
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| Titolo: |
Colonizing the Past : Mythmaking and Pre-Columbian Whites in Nineteenth-Century American Writing / / Edward Watts
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| 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 |
| ISBN: | 0-8139-4388-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910821551003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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