Cosmopolitanism in the Americas
By: Camilla Fojas.
Series: Comparative cultural studies
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: West Lafayette, Ind
Language: eng
Number of pages: 150
Subjects: Cosmopolitanism -- America -- History -- 19th century.; Literary movements -- America -- History -- 19th century.; American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.; Latin American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.; City and town life in literature.; Pan-Americanism -- History -- 19th century.; America -- Civilization -- 19th century.; America -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.; Latin America -- Civilization -- European influences.; America -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-146) and index.
Table of contents: title: Cosmopolitanism in the Americas : becoming worldly, becoming modern; title: Thresholds of cosmopolitanism : prefaces to modernity and other-worldly readings; title: Cosmopolitan topographies of Paris : citing Balzac; title: Cosmopolitan decadence : writing inversions; title: American cosmopolis : the world's Columbian Exposition and Chicago across the Americas; title: Literary cosmotopias : nationalism and cosmopolitanism in Ariel and Cosmopolis; title: Conclusions.