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Imagined empires : Incas, Aztecs, and the New World of American literature, 1771-1876
- Title
- Imagined empires : Incas, Aztecs, and the New World of American literature, 1771-1876 / Eric Wertheimer.
- Author
- Wertheimer, Eric, 1964-
- Publication
- Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 99-4250 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xii, 243 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 121
- Subjects
- American literature > Revolutionary period, 1775-1783 > History and criticism
- Colonies in literature
- Aztecs in literature
- Imperialism in literature
- America > In literature
- American literature > 19th century > History and criticism
- Indians in literature
- American literature > 1783-1850 > History and criticism
- Incas in literature
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-238) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : ancient America in the post-colonial national imaginary -- Commencements : pre-Columbian worlds and Philip Freneau's literature of American empire -- Diplomacy : Joel Barlow's scripting and subscripting of ancient America -- Noctography : Prescott's sketchings of Aztecs and Incas -- Mutations : Melville, representation, and South American history -- Passage : two rivulets and the obscurity of American maps.
- Call Number
- JFE 99-4250
- ISBN
- 0521622298 (hardback)
- LCCN
- 98006475
- OCLC
- 38948147
- Author
- Wertheimer, Eric, 1964-
- Title
- Imagined empires : Incas, Aztecs, and the New World of American literature, 1771-1876 / Eric Wertheimer.
- Imprint
- Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
- Series
- Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 121
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-238) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 99-4250