Writing North America: visiting Thomas Mayne Reid’s legacies

Briony Widdis

Writing North America: visiting Thomas Mayne Reid’s legacies

School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics

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Abstract

From Ballyroney in County Down, the seventy-five works of adventurer novelist Thomas Mayne Reid (1818-1883) include The Headless Horseman, The Scalp Hunters and Osceola the Seminole. Reid influenced Roosevelt’s hunter-naturalist ambitions, Conan Doyle’s imaginary landscapes, Chekov’s sense of adventure, and Nabokov’s vision of America. While his impact on literary conceptualisations of white masculinity, and its interactions with Indigenous societies, may therefore readily be perceived, little is known about Reid in Ulster. Drawing on archival and oral evidence and on biographical and family sources, in this paper I examine Reid’s historical networks in the north of Ireland; and discuss the ramifications of his legacies for contemporary decolonisation debates.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 19 Jun 2022
Event	Ulster-American Heritage Symposium : Transatlantic Transition: Environment and Society - East Tennessee State University, Johnson, United States Duration: 19 Jun 2022 → 22 Jun 2022 Conference number: 23 https://www.etsu.edu/cas/cass/ulster_american_heritage_symposium.php

Conference

Conference	Ulster-American Heritage Symposium
Country/Territory	United States
City	Johnson
Period	19/06/2022 → 22/06/2022
Internet address	https://www.etsu.edu/cas/cass/ulster_american_heritage_symposium.php

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R1316HAP: Museums, Empire and Northern Irish Identity
Bryan, D. (PI) & Reisz, E. (CoI)
07/10/2020 → …
Project: Research

ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship
Widdis, B. (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively

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Writing North America: visiting Thomas Mayne Reid’s legacies

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