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Imagined Empires

Eric Wertheimer
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      Imagined Empires, first published in 1999, demonstrates that early American culture, and in particular literature, took great interest in South American civilisations, especially the Incas and Aztecs, and in so doing made a statement about the role of the United States as an empire in the emerging political order of New World colonies and states. By examining the work of Philip Freneau, Joel Barlow, William Prescott, Herman Melville, and Walt Whitman, the long-contested concept of 'indigenous origins' is given expanded meaning beyond traditional critiques of American culture. Eric Wertheimer recovers the Incas and Aztecs in Anglo-American literature, and thus sheds new light on national sovereignty, identity and the development of an American history narrative.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Eric Wertheimer EAN: 9780521110075 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 380 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Cambridge University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2009-04-30 CITY: GENRE: LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      United States of America, USA, English, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers

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      Imagined Empires, first published in 1999, demonstrates that early American culture, and in particular literature, took great interest in South American civilisations, especially the Incas and Aztecs, and in so doing made a statement about the role of the United States as an empire in the emerging political order of New World colonies and states. By examining the work of Philip Freneau, Joel Barlow, William Prescott, Herman Melville, and Walt Whitman, the long-contested concept of 'indigenous origins' is given expanded meaning beyond traditional critiques of American culture. Eric Wertheimer recovers the Incas and Aztecs in Anglo-American literature, and thus sheds new light on national sovereignty, identity and the development of an American history narrative.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Eric Wertheimer EAN: 9780521110075 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 380 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Cambridge University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2009-04-30 CITY: GENRE: LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

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      United States of America, USA, English, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers

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