National and racial identity and the desire for expansion : a study of American travel narratives, 1790-1850 /

This dissertation aims to investigate the shaping of a national literature within travel narratives written by William Bartram, Washington Irving, George Catlin, Thomas L. McKenney, Thomas Jefferson Farnham, and Francis Parkman. I focus attention on two issues: (1) National and racial identity, and...

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Main Author:	Jeong, Jin Man
Other Authors:	Clark, William Bedford (Thesis advisor)
Format:	Thesis eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[College Station, Tex.] : [Texas A&M University], [2011]
Subjects:	Major English. American expansionism Racial identity Sublime Travel narrative National identity National literature
Online Access:	Link to OAK Trust copy