Transnationalism and American Literature

What is transnationalism andahow does it affect American literature?This book examinesanineteenth century contexts of transnationalism, translation and American literature.aThe discussion of transnationalism largely revolves around the question of what role nationalism plays in the spaces and temporalities of the transatlantic. Boggs demonstrates that theaassumption that American literature has become transnational only recently OCo that there is such a thing as an era of transnationalism OCo marks a blindness to the intrinsic transatlanticism of American literature."