The colonizer abroad : American writers on foreign soil, 1846-1912 / Christopher Mark McBride.
Material type: TextSeries: Literary criticism and cultural theoryPublisher: New York : Routledge, 2004Description: 1 online resourceContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781135877392
- 1135877394
- 0203494407
- 9780203494400
- 9780415970624
- 0415970628
- 9781135877408
- 1135877408
- 1280226412
- 9781280226410
- 9786610226412
- 6610226415
- University of South Alabama
- 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
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 19th century
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century
- Imperialism in literature
- Travelers in literature
- Colonies in literature
- Travel in literature
- American literature
- Americans -- Foreign countries
- Colonies in literature
- Diplomatic relations
- Imperialism in literature
- Travel in literature
- Travelers in literature
- Travelers' writings, American
- United States
- Ausland
- Schriftsteller
- Geschichte 1846-1912
- USA
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General
- 1800-1999
- 810.9/32 22
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-165) and index.
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Melville's Typee and the Development of the American Colonial Imagination -- The Colonizing Voice in Cuba: Richard Henry Dana, Jr.'s To Cuba and Back: A Vacation Voyage -- "The Kings of the Sandwich Islands": Mark Twain's Letters from Hawaii and Postbellum American Imperialism -- Charles Warren Stoddard and the American "HomoColonial" Literary Excursion -- "And Who Are These White Men?": Jack London's The House of Pride and American Colonization of the Hawaiian Islands.
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.
English.
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