Divergent Visions, Contested Spaces: The Early United States Through Lens of Travel Contributor(s): Hotz, Jeffrey (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138878405 ISBN-13: 9781138878402 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $59.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - Asian American - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Nationalism & Patriotism - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography |
Dewey: 818 |
Series: Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory |
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6" W x 9" (0.97 lbs) 328 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This multicultural project examines fictional and non-fictional accounts of travel in the Early Republic and antebellum periods. Connecting literary representations of geographic spaces within and outside of U.S. borders to evolving definitions of national American identity, the book explores divergent visions of contested spaces. 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. |