Transpacific imaginations : history, literature, counterpoetics /

Transpacific Imaginations is a study of how American literature is enmeshed with the literatures of Asia. The book begins with Western encounters with the Pacific: Yunte Huang reads Moby Dick as a Pacific work, looks at Henry Adams's not talking about his travels in Japan and the Pacific basin...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Huang, Yunte
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
1800-1999
American literature > Asian influences.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
American literature > Asian American authors > History and criticism.
Littérature américaine > Influence asiatique.
Littérature américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine > Auteurs américains d'origine asiatique > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / Asian American
American literature.
American literature > Asian American authors.
Literature.
Pacific Area > In literature.
Pacifique, Région du > Dans la littérature.
Pacific Area.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The Transpacific as a Critical Space
  • PART ONE History: And the Views from the Shores
  • 1 Mark Twain: Letters from Hawaii
  • 2 Henry Adams: In Japan and the South Seas
  • 3 Liang Qichao: A Journey to the New Continent
  • PART TWO Literature: Moby-Dick in the Pacific
  • 4 Collecting in the Pacific
  • 5 Ahab's Collectibles: The White Whale and the Yellow Tigers
  • 6 Ishmael, a Pacific Historian
  • 7 Queequeg, the Pacific Man
  • 8 Melville's Pacific Becoming: Fancy, Fate, Finis
  • PART THREE Counterpoetics: Islands, Legends, Maps
  • 9 The Poetics of Error: Angel Island
  • 10 Legends from Camp: Lawson Fusao Inada
  • 11 Mapping Histories: Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
  • Conclusion: Between History and Literature
  • A Poetics of Acknowledgment
  • Notes
  • Index

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