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Oriental Shadows : The Presence of the East in Early American Literature /

"Through the use of several iconic early American authors (Anne Bradstreet, James Kirkpatrick, Benjamin Franklin, and Edgar Allan Poe), James Egan's Oriental Shadows: The Presence of the East in Early American Literature explores the presence of "the East" in American writing. The specter of the Eas...

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Main Author: Egan, Jim, 1961-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2011]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Civilization > Asian influences.
Orientalism in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Litterature americaine > ca 1600-1775 (Periode coloniale) > Influence asiatique.
Litterature americaine > 19e siecle > Influence asiatique.
American literature > 19th century > Asian influences.
American literature > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > Asian influences.
United States.
United States > Civilization > Asian influences.
Critiques litteraires.
Literary criticism.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. From Bradstreet to Poe
  • The colonial body travels East in Anne Bradstreet's poetry
  • How West becomes East in colonial Georgia poetry
  • Humanity's eastern home in Benjamin Franklin's Oriental tales
  • Edgar Allan Poe's Oriental America
  • Epilogue.

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