Title Spain's Long Shadow : the Black Legend, Off-Whiteness, and Anglo-American Empire

Published Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (408 pages) Contents The shadow of the Black legend -- Imperial visions : Moor, Gypsy and Indian -- Consolidating Anglo-American imperial identity around the Spanish-American War -- Sacred bulls of modernism -- (Post)modern denaturalizations of nationality -- Afterlives of empire Summary Surveying a broad range of texts and images, from Poe's "William Wilson" and John Singer Sargent's El Jaleo to Richard Wright's "Pagan Spain" and Kathy Acker's Don Quixote, Spain's Long Shadow shows how the creation of Anglo-American ethnicity as specifically American has depended on the casting of Spain as a colonial alter ego Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject American literature -- Spanish influences Comparative literature -- American and Spanish Comparative literature -- Spanish and American American literature -- History and criticism. Imperialism in literature. Spaniards in literature. Ethnicity in literature. Race in literature. National characteristics, Spanish, in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. HISTORY -- United States -- General. National characteristics, Spanish, in literature American literature American literature -- Spanish influences Civilization -- Spanish influences Ethnicity in literature Imperialism in literature International relations Literature Public opinion, American Race in literature Spaniards in literature SUBJECT United States -- Civilization -- Spanish influences. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139968 Spain -- Foreign public opinion, American United States -- Relations -- Spain Spain -- Relations -- United States Spain -- In literature Subject Spain United States Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780816697007 0816697000 9780816645275 0816645272 9780816645282 0816645280

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