| Description |
1 online resource (x, 326 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
monochrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Edinburgh critical studies in Atlantic literatures and cultures
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Edinburgh critical studies in Atlantic literatures and cultures.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-317) and index. |
| Contents |
Irving's landscapes: aesthetics, visual work, and the tourist's estate -- The protected witness: Cooper, Cole, and the male tourist's gaze -- Gazing women, unstable prospects: Sedgwick and Kirkland in the 1840s -- Fuller and revolutionary Rome: Republican and urban imaginaries -- National spaces, Catholic icons, and Protestant bodies: instructing the Republican subject in Hawthorne and Stowe -- Conclusion: gender and genre. |
| Summary |
American Travel Literature analyses US tourist writings about Italy from 1824 to 1862 to explain what roles transatlantic travel, aesthetic response, and the genre of tourist writing played in the formation of the United States. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Travelers' writings, American -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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Travelers' writings, American. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Italy -- Description and travel.
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Italy. |
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Italy -- In literature.
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Note |
Also known as: American travel literature, gendered aesthetics, and the Italian tour, 1824-62 |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Bailey, Brigitte. American travel literature, gendered aesthetics, and the Italian tour, 1824-1862. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018] 9781474432832 (OCoLC)1012750538 |
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Print version: Bailey, Brigitte. American travel literature, gendered aesthetics and the Italian Tour, 1824-62. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press 2018 9781474432832 (OCoLC)1043443894 |
| ISBN |
9781474432856 (electronic book) |
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1474432859 (electronic book) |
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9781474432863 (webready PDF) |
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1474432867 (webready PDF) |
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9781474432832 (hardback) |
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1474432832 (hardback) |
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