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South Asia In The Margins Of Nineteenth-Century American Literature: Missionaries, Transcendentalists, And Indian Travelers In America, Brian Yothers Dec 2011

South Asia In The Margins Of Nineteenth-Century American Literature: Missionaries, Transcendentalists, And Indian Travelers In America, Brian Yothers

Brian Yothers

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.


Melville's Mirrors: Literary Criticism And America's Most Elusive Author, Brian Yothers Oct 2011

Melville's Mirrors: Literary Criticism And America's Most Elusive Author, Brian Yothers

Brian Yothers

Herman Melville is among the most thoroughly canonized authors in American literature, and the body of criticism dealing with his writing is immense. There is, however, no standard volume on the history of Melville criticism. That a volume on this subject is timely and important is shown by the number of introductions and companions to Melville's work that have been published during the last few years (none of which focuses on the critical reception of Melville's works), as well as the steady stream of critical monographs and scholarly biographies that have been published on Melville since the 1920s. Melville's Mirrors …


Diasporic Realisms, Hybrid Genres: The Social Texture Of Vikram Seth's The Golden Gate, Brian Yothers Jan 2011

Diasporic Realisms, Hybrid Genres: The Social Texture Of Vikram Seth's The Golden Gate, Brian Yothers

Brian Yothers

Abstract published in the South Asian Literary Association Newseletter, Winter 2010


Associate Editor, Brian Yothers Dec 2010

Associate Editor, Brian Yothers

Brian Yothers

I have been an Associate Editor at Melville's Marginalia Online since 2011. I have been a contributing scholar to MMO since 2006.


Introduction To Melville's Marginalia In The New Testament And The Book Of Psalms, Brian Yothers Dec 2010

Introduction To Melville's Marginalia In The New Testament And The Book Of Psalms, Brian Yothers

Brian Yothers

No abstract provided.


Series Editor, Brian Yothers Dec 2010

Series Editor, Brian Yothers

Brian Yothers

I have been series editor for Camden House Press's Literary Criticism in Perspective series since December 2011.


Co-Editor Of The Travel Section, With Wyn Kelley, Brian Yothers Dec 2010

Co-Editor Of The Travel Section, With Wyn Kelley, Brian Yothers

Brian Yothers

I have been co-editor of the travel section of the Melville Electronic Library since 2011.