Colonizing the past : mythmaking and pre-Columbian Whites in nineteenth-century American writing /
Watts, Edward, 1964-
Colonizing the past : mythmaking and pre-Columbian Whites in nineteenth-century American writing / Edward Watts. - Charlottesville ; London : University of Virginia Press, (c)2020. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
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
"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"--
9780813943886
2019037205
American literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Imperialism in literature.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
White people in literature.
Colonies in literature.
Mythology in literature.
Electronic Books.
PS217 / .C656 2020
Colonizing the past : mythmaking and pre-Columbian Whites in nineteenth-century American writing / Edward Watts. - Charlottesville ; London : University of Virginia Press, (c)2020. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
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
"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"--
9780813943886
2019037205
American literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Imperialism in literature.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
White people in literature.
Colonies in literature.
Mythology in literature.
Electronic Books.
PS217 / .C656 2020