1st Edition
Enlightenment Orientalism in the American Mind, 1770-1807
By Matthew H. Pangborn
Copyright 2019
282 Pages
by
Routledge
282 Pages
by
Routledge
282 Pages
by
Routledge
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This study engages with the emerging field of energy humanities to provide close readings of several early American oriental-observer tales. The popular genre of orientalism offered Americans a means to critique new ideas of identity, history, and nationality accompanying protoindustrialization and a growing consumerism. The tales thus express a complex self-reflection during a time when... Read more
Introduction: America’s "Oriental Mirror" 1. American Oriental Tales 2. Mobility, Luxury, Textuality, and Liberty in Father Bombo’s Pilgrimage to Mecca (1770) 3. The "Oriental" Threat to the Body of America in The Algerine Spy in Pennsylvania (1787) 4. The Oriental Spectacle of Western Power in The Algerine Captive (1797) 5. History, Nature, and National Progress in Letters of Shahcoolen (1801-1802) 6. Woman, Orientalism, and Empire in Salmagundi (1807-1808). Epilogue: The Haunted House of Oriental History in The Alhambra (1832)
Biography
Matthew H. Pangborn is an associate professor of English at Briar Cliff University in Sioux City, Iowa.
