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"--
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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.