Eclipse of Empires : World History in Nineteenth-Century U.S. Literature and Culture /

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This book analyzes the nineteenth-century American fascination with what the author calls "narratives of imperial eclipse," texts that depict the surpassing of one great civilization by another. The central claim in this book is that historical episodes of imperial eclipse - for example, I...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roylance, Patricia Jane
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tuscaloosa, Alabama : University of Alabama Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
World history in literature.
Imperialism in literature.
American literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Histoire universelle dans la litterature.
Imperialisme dans la litterature.
Litterature americaine > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This book analyzes the nineteenth-century American fascination with what the author calls "narratives of imperial eclipse," texts that depict the surpassing of one great civilization by another. The central claim in this book is that historical episodes of imperial eclipse - for example, Incan Peru yielding to Spain, or the Ojibway to the French - heightened the concerns of many American writers about specific intranational social problems plaguing the nation at the time: race, class, gender, religion, and economics.
Physical Description:1 online resource (240 pages).
ISBN:9780817387037

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