Literary culture and U.S. imperialism : from the Revolution to World War II / by John Carlos Rowe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rowe, John Carlos, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imperialism in literature.

United States--In literature.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (394 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

John Carlos 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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-772494-9

1-280-53060-X

0-19-535123-1

1-4294-0483-3

OCLC:

476008681