Imagined empires : Incas, Aztecs, and the New World of American literature, 1771-1876

Imagined empires : Incas, Aztecs, and the New World of American literature, 1771-1876 / Eric Wertheimer.

Author/creator	Wertheimer, Eric, 1964-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Description	xii, 243 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)	American literature--19th century --History and criticism. Imperialism in literature. American literature--Revolutionary period, 1775-1783 --History and criticism. American literature--1783-1850 --History and criticism. Colonies in literature. Indians in literature. Aztecs in literature. Incas in literature. America--In literature.

Series	Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; [122] Cambridge studies in American literature and culture [122]. ^A664069
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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-238) and index.
LCCN	98006475
ISBN	0521622298 (hardback)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PS217.I47 W47 1999	✔ Available	Place Hold