Transpacific Imaginations - History, Literature, Counterpoetics

Acknowledgments ix Introduction: The Transpacific as a Critical Space 1(10) PART ONE History: And the Views from the Shores 11(40) Mark Twain: Letters from Hawaii 13(9) Henry Adams: In Japan and the South Seas 22(18) Liang Qichao: A Journey to the New Continent 40(11) PART TWO Literature: Moby-Dick in the Pacific 51(48) Collecting in the Pacific 55(6) Ahab's Collectibles: The White Whale and the Yellow Tigers 61(11) Ishmael, a Pacific Historian 72(10) Queequeg, the Pacific Man 82(5) Melville's Pacific Becoming: Fancy, Fate, Finis 87(12) PART THREE Counterpoetics: Islands, Legends, Maps 99(44) The Poetics of Error: Angel Island 101(15) Legends from Camp: Lawson Fusao Inada 116(15) Mapping Histories: Theresa Hak Kyung Cha 131(12) Conclusion: Between History and Literature---A Poetics of Acknowledgment 143(16) Notes 159(20) Index 179