| Edition |
1st pbk. ed. 2001. |
| Description |
xii, 248 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Race(ing) to the Orient -- Algerian slavery and the liberty vision : Royall Tyler, James Ellison, Susanna Rowson, Washington Irving, Peter Markoe -- Missionary colonialism, Egyptology, racial borderlands, and the satiric impulse : M.M. Ballou, William Ware, John DeForest, Maria Susanna Cummins, David F. Dorr -- Subversive orientalisms : Edgar Allan Poe, Harriet Prescott Spofford, and Herman Melville -- The culture of Asian orientalism : missionary writings, travel writings, popular poetry -- "Mine Asia" : Emerson's erotics of oriental possession -- Whitman, Columbus, and the Asian mother. |
| Subject |
American literature -- Oriental influences.
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American literature -- Oriental influences. |
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American literature. |
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American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Asia -- In literature.
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Asia. |
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Africa, North -- In literature.
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North Africa. |
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Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature.
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Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature. |
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Nationalism in literature.
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Nationalism in literature. |
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Imperialism in literature.
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Imperialism in literature. |
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Race in literature.
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Race in literature. |
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Sex in literature.
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Sex in literature. |
| Added Title |
United States orientalisms |
| ISBN |
0472087746 |
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