Through an examination of depictions of the land and travel in fiction and non-fiction, the study uncovers the spatial and legal conceptions of national identity. The study argues that imagined geographies in American literature dramatize a linguistic contest among dominant and marginal voices.
Through an examination of depictions of the land and travel in fiction and non-fiction, the study uncovers the spatial and legal conceptions of national identity. The study argues that imagined geographies in American literature dramatize a linguistic contest among dominant and marginal voices.
Jeffrey Hotz is an Assistant Professor of English at Montgomery College and the Coordinator of the College-level English program at the Takoma Park campus. He has presented papers at numerous conferences, including the annual American Literature Association Conference, the Northeast Modern Language Association Conference, and the American Conference on Romanticism.
Inhaltsangabe
Chapter One Questions of U.S. History, Citizenship, and American Identity Chapter Two Utopian Imagery of Place and the Dystopian Fragment: Imagining Trans-Appalachian Destinations in Trist's Travel Diary and lmlay's The Emigrants Chapter Three Translating the United States Frontier for the East: Literary Versions of the West in Cooper's The Prairie and Black Hawk's Life, 1827-1833 ChapterFour The Voices of Fugitive Slaves and Their Representations of Covert Geographies in the North, the South, and Abroad: William Grimes, Moses Roper, and Frederick Douglass Chapter Five Travels of Corporate Endeavor in Dana's and Melville's First Travel Narratives: Fractured Domestic Identities and National Projects Abroad, Conclusion Remembering Histories and Understanding the Present
Chapter One Questions of U.S. History, Citizenship, and American Identity Chapter Two Utopian Imagery of Place and the Dystopian Fragment: Imagining Trans-Appalachian Destinations in Trist's Travel Diary and lmlay's The Emigrants Chapter Three Translating the United States Frontier for the East: Literary Versions of the West in Cooper's The Prairie and Black Hawk's Life, 1827-1833 ChapterFour The Voices of Fugitive Slaves and Their Representations of Covert Geographies in the North, the South, and Abroad: William Grimes, Moses Roper, and Frederick Douglass Chapter Five Travels of Corporate Endeavor in Dana's and Melville's First Travel Narratives: Fractured Domestic Identities and National Projects Abroad, Conclusion Remembering Histories and Understanding the Present
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