The colonizer abroad : American writers on foreign soil, 1846-1912 /
Christopher Mark McBride.
- 1 online resource (ix, 168 pages)
- Literary criticism and cultural theory .
- Literary criticism and cultural theory. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-165) and index.
chapter Introduction chapter 1 Melville's Typee and the Development of the American Colonial Imagination chapter 2 The Colonizing Voice in Cuba: Richard Henry Dana, Jr.'s To Cuba and Back: A Vacation Voyage chapter 3 The Kings of the Sandwich Islands: Mark Twain's Letters from Hawaii and Postbellum American Imperialism chapter 4 Charles Warren Stoddard and the American Homocolonial Literary Excursion chapter 5 And Who Are These White Men?: Jack London's The House of Pride and American Colonization of the Hawaiian Islands.
Travelers' writings, American--History and criticism. American literature--History and criticism.--19th century American literature--History and criticism.--20th century Americans--History--Foreign countries--20th century. Americans--History--Foreign countries--19th century. Imperialism in literature. Travelers in literature. Colonies in literature. Travel in literature.
United States--Foreign relations--19th century. United States--Foreign relations--20th century.