"South Asia in the Margins of Nineteenth-Century American Literature: Missionaries, Transcendentalists, and Indian Travelers in America" by Brian Yothers

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South Asia in the Margins of Nineteenth-Century American Literature: Missionaries, Transcendentalists, and Indian Travelers in America

Margins (2011)

Brian Yothers, University of Texas at El Paso

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Abstract

This essay discusses the broad presence of representations of South Asia in nineteenth-century American literature, from little-known missionary narratives to canonical work by Melville, Thoreau, Emerson, and Fuller.

Disciplines

American Literature

Publication Date

December 15, 2011

Citation Information

Brian Yothers. "South Asia in the Margins of Nineteenth-Century American Literature: Missionaries, Transcendentalists, and Indian Travelers in America" Margins Vol. 1 Iss. 1 (2011)
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