Mark Twain & France : the making of a new American identity / Paula Harrington, Ronald Jenn.
| Author/creator |
Harrington, Paula, 1951- author. |
| Other author/creator | Jenn, Ronald author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Columbia, Missouri : University of Missouri Press, [2017] |
| Copyright Notice | ©2017 |
| Description | xx, 221 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Variant title | Mark Twain and France |
| Contents | 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. |
| Abstract | 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's relationship with France as hostile, Harrington and Jenn see Twain's use of the French as a foil to help construct his identity as "the representative American." Examining new materials that detail his Montmatre study, the carte de visite album, and a chronology of his visits to France, the book offers close readings of writings that have been largely ignored, such as The Innocents Adrift manuscript and the unpublished chapters of A Tramp Abroad, combining literary analysis, socio-historical context and biographical research. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-216) and index. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| ISBN | 9780826221193 |
| ISBN | 082622119X |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | PS1342 .F8 H37 2017 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |