America and the British Imaginary in Turn-of-the-Twentieth-Century Literature [electronic resource] /
Miller, B.author.
In an innovative reading of fin-de-siecle cultural texts, Miller argues that British representations of America, Americans, and Anglo-American relations at the turn of the twentieth century provided an important forum for cultural distinction.
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Travel Book: Performing British Culture in America and on the Page; 2 Commerce, Reunion, and the Anglo-American Public Sphere; 3 The White Atlantic: Anglo-Saxon Racialism at the Turn of the Twentieth Century; 4 Modernity, Fabulation, and America in Dracula; 5 Holroyd's Man: Tradition, Fetishization, and the United States in Nostromo; 6 Americanization and Henry James; Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In an innovative reading of fin-de-siecle cultural texts, Miller argues that British representations of America, Americans, and Anglo-American relations at the turn of the twentieth century provided an important forum for cultural distinction.
British literature.
Literature, Modern—19th century.
European literature.
Fiction.
Literature—Philosophy.
Culture—Study and teaching.
British and Irish Literature.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.
European Literature.
Fiction.
Literary Theory.
Cultural Theory.