Transnationalism and american literature : literary translation 1773-1892 /
Colleen G. Boggs.
- 1st ed.
- [S.l.] : Routledge, 2007.
- 224 p. ; 24 cm.
- Routledge transnational perspectives on american literature. .
- Routledge transnational perspectives on american lite .
What is transnationalism and��how does it affect American literature? This book examines��nineteenth century contexts of transnationalism, translation and American literature.��The discussion of transnationalism largely revolves around the question of what role nationalism plays in the spaces and temporalities of the transatlantic. Boggs demonstrates that the��assumption that American literature has become transnational only recently ��� that there is such a thing as an "era" of transnationalism ��� marks a blindness to the intrinsic transatlanticism of American lite