Enlightenment Orientalism in the American mind, 1770-1807 /
"This study engages with the emerging field of energy humanities to provide close readings of several early American oriental-observer tales. The popular genre of orientalism offered Americans a means to critique new ideas of identity, history, and nationality accompanying protoindustrializatio...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Routledge,
2019.
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| Series: | Perspectives on early America ;
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1892436 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: America's "Oriental Mirror"
- American Oriental Tales
- Mobility, Luxury, Textuality, and Liberty in Father Bombo's Pilgrimage to Mecca
- The "Oriental" Threat to the Body of America in the Algerine Spy in Pennsylvania
- The Oriental Spectacle of Western Power in the Algerine Captive
- History, Nature, and National Progress in Letters of Shahcoolen (1801-1802)
- Woman, Orientalism, and Empire in Salmagundi (1807-1808)
- Epilogue: the Haunted House of Oriental History in the Alhambra