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This illuminating study reevaluates an often overlooked aspect of Mark Twain's writing-his travel narratives-and demonstrates their centrality to his identity and thinking. Travel books, Jeffrey Melton asserts in this study, are vital to Mark Twain's identity as a writer and to his cultura...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Melton, Jeffrey Alan, 1962-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2002.
Colección:Studies in American literary realism and naturalism.
Temas:
Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910.
Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910
1800-1899
Popular culture > United States > History > 19th century.
Americans > Foreign countries > History > 19th century.
Travelers' writings, American > History and criticism.
Voyages and travels > History > 19th century.
Travel writing > History > 19th century.
Tourism > History > 19th century.
Culture populaire > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Américains > Pays étrangers > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Écrits de voyageurs américains > Histoire et critique.
Voyages > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Voyage > Art d'écrire > Histoire > 19e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Americans > Foreign countries.
Popular culture.
Tourism.
Travel writing.
Travelers' writings, American.
Voyages and travels.
Reisverhalen.
Reizen.
Toerisme.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This illuminating study reevaluates an often overlooked aspect of Mark Twain's writing-his travel narratives-and demonstrates their centrality to his identity and thinking. Travel books, Jeffrey Melton asserts in this study, are vital to Mark Twain's identity as a writer and to his cultural influence, and not just, as many critics have argued, preliminary sketches or failed attempts at fiction. Furthermore, the identity that Twain establishes for himself in these books as the arch "tourist" provides the most compelling perspective from which to view his entire body of work. Melton be
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xv, 200 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-196) and index.
ISBN:9780817313500
0817313508

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