The transatlantic Indian, 1776-1930 / Kate Flint.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flint, Kate, author.

Series:

Princeton scholarship online.

Princeton scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--History and criticism.

English literature.

Indians in literature.

Indigenous peoples in literature.

Indians--Foreign public opinion.

Indians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (395 pages)

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2021.

Summary:

This text takes a fascinating look at the iconic figure of the Native American in the British cultural imagination from the Revolutionary War to the early twentieth century, and examining how Native Americans regarded the British, as well as how they challenged their own cultural image in Britain during this period. Kate Flint shows how the image of the Indian was used in English literature and culture for a host of ideological purposes, and she reveals its crucial role as symbol, cultural myth, and stereotype that helped to define British identity and its attitude toward the colonial world.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface

Chapter One. Figuring America

Chapter Two. The Romantic Indian

Chapter Three. “Brought to the Zenith of Civilization”: Indians in England in the 1840s

Chapter Four. Sentiment and Anger: British Women Writers and Native Americans

Chapter Five. Is the Indian an American?

Chapter Six. Savagery and Nationalism: Native Americans and Popular Fiction

Chapter Seven. Indians and the Politics of Gender

Chapter Eight. Indians and Missionaries

Chapter Nine. Buffalo Bill’s Wild West and English Identity

Chapter Ten. Indian Frontiers

Conclusion. Indians, Modernity, and History

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 17, 2020).

Previously issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780691203188

0691203180

9780691210254

069121025X

OCLC:

1159418727