Imagined empires : Incas, Aztecs, and the New World of American literature, 1771-1876 /

Imagined empires : Incas, Aztecs, and the New World of American literature, 1771-1876 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wertheimer, Eric, 1964-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Series:Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; [122].
Subjects:
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Imperialism in literature.
American literature > Revolutionary period, 1775-1783 > History and criticism.
American literature > 1783-1850 > History and criticism.
Colonies in literature.
Indians in literature.
Aztecs in literature.
Incas in literature.
America > In literature.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: ancient America in the post-colonial national imaginary
  • Commencements: pre-Columbian worlds and Philip Freneau's literature of American empire
  • Diplomacy: Joel Barlow's scripting and subscripting of ancient America
  • Noctography: Prescott's sketchings of Aztecs and Incas
  • Mutations: Melville, representation, and South American history
  • Passage: two rivulets and the obscurity of American maps.