Mark Twain & France : The Making of a New American Identity /

Blending cultural history, biography, and literary criticism, this book explores how one of America's greatest icons used the French to help build a new sense of what it is to be "American" in the second half of the nineteenth century. While critics have generally dismissed Mark Twain...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteurs principaux: Harrington, Paula (Auteur), Jenn, Ronald (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2017
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910 > Travel > France.
Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910 > Appreciation > France.
Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910 > Knowledge > France.
Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910 > Knowledge > America.
National characteristics, French, in literature.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
Authors, American > France > History > 19th century.
Americans > France > History > 19th century.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Timeline of the Clemenses in France : 1867-1895
  • Introduction
  • Accounting for the Creoles : 1835-60
  • Leaving the river : 1861-66
  • France for the first time : 1867-69
  • Jumping the French : 1870-78
  • Paris from the inside : 1879
  • Less to prove : 1880-92
  • Coming to terms : 1893-99.

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