McBride, Christopher Mark, 1968,

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.

9780203494400 9781135877354 9781135877392 9781135877408

10.4324/9780203494400 doi


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.

PS366.T73 / M38 2004

810.932 / M478