"All Parts of the Union I Considered My Home": The Federal Imagination of "The Algerine Captive"

This article explores the idea of American federalism and national identity in The Algerine Captive, an early American novel by Royall Tyler. It argues that the novel presents a vision of the United States as a unified nation in which citizens should regard every state as part of a common homeland. Through the protagonist's travels within America and his captivity in North Africa, the novel examines themes of regional diversity, national unity, citizenship, and belonging. The article also discusses how the experience of foreign captivity strengthens the protagonist's appreciation of the federal union and contributes to the development of an early American national imagination.

Loại tài liệu:

Article - Bài báo

Tác giả:

Holt, Keri

Đề mục:

American Literature

Nhà xuất bản:

University of North Carolina Press

Ngày xuất bản:

2011

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Nguồn gốc:

Early American Literature, Volume 46, Number 3, 2014, Pages 481-515

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ISSN 0012-8163

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