Hemispheric Imaginings: The Monroe Doctrine and Narratives of U.S. Empire

The Americas | April 1, 2006| | Copyright

Hemispheric Imaginings: The Monroe Doctrine and Narratives of U.S. Empire. By Gretchen Murphy. Durham: Duke University Press, 2005. Pp. xi, 195. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $74.95 cloth; $21.95 paper.

Gretchen Murphy presents a novel and provocative thesis: that "USAmericans" understood the evolving meaning of the Monroe Doctrine in relation to fictional works dealing with transatlantic relations. By situating foreign relations within a framework of literary studies, Murphy follows the well-trod path of other transnational American-studies practitioners in Duke's New ...

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