The Colonizer Abroad: Island Representations in American Prose from Herman Melville to Jack London
, by McBride,ChristopherNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780415970624 | 0415970628
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 5/11/2004
Looking at a diverse series of authors--Herman Melville, Richard Henry Dana, Jr., Mark Twain, Charles Warren Stoddard, and Jack London--The Colonizer Abroadclaims that as the U.S. emerged as a colonial power in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the literature of the sea became a literature of imperialism. This book applies postcolonial theory to the travel writing of some of America's best-known authors, revealing the ways in which America's travel fiction and nonfiction have both reflected and shaped society.