The Colonizer Abroad: Island Representations in American Prose from Herman Melville to Jack LondonLooking 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. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Chapter One Melvilles Typee and the Development of the American Colonial Imagination | 8 |
Richard Henry Dana Jrs To Cuba and Back A Vacation Voyage | 27 |
Mark Twains Letters from Hawaii and Postbellum American Imperialism | 50 |
Chapter Four Charles Warren Stoddard and the American Homocolonial Literary Excursion | 75 |
Jack Londons The House of Pride and American Colonization of the Hawaiian Islands | 100 |
Conclusion | 122 |
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The Colonizer Abroad: American Writers on Foreign Soil, 1846-1912 Christopher Mark McBride No preview available - 2004 |
The Colonizer Abroad: Island Representations in American Prose from Herman ... Christopher McBride No preview available - 2009 |
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