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Author:

Watts, Edward, 1964- author.

Title:

Colonizing the past : mythmaking and pre-Columbian Whites in nineteenth-century American writing / Edward Watts.

Publisher:

University of Virginia Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

xi, 278 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

American literature--19th century--History and criticism.
Imperialism in literature.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
Whites in literature.
Colonies in literature.
Mythology in literature.
America--In literature.
American literature.
Colonies in literature.
Imperialism in literature.
Literature.
Mythology in literature.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
Whites in literature.
America.
1800-1899
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: The Primordial Nation -- Welsh Indians in the Early Republic -- The Lost Tribes and the Found Nation -- The White Mound Builders and the Lessons of Prehistory -- Dwarf Epics and the Ancient Irish -- The Norse Forefathers of the American Empire

Summary:

"This book examines nineteenth-century myths of pre-Colombian whites in the United States, as well as literary satires of those myths by authors such as Washington Irving and Mark Twain"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0813943876
9780813943879
0813943868
9780813943862

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1117315366

LCCN:

2019037204

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)