From Home and Abroad - American and British Writers in Philadelphia 1800-1910

This book is a detailed account of the visits of twenty-one famous writers-four British and seventeen American-who visited Philadelphia. Burke focuses on the literary history of Philadelphia. Contents: Preface; Passing Through; Thomas Moore; Washington Irving; Ralph Waldo Emerson; (Amos) Bronson Alcott; James Fenimore Cooper; Edgar Allan Poe; John Greenleaf Whittier; Charles Dickens; James Russell Lowell; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; William Makepeace Thackeray; Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain); Henry David Thoreau; Emily Dickinson; Walt Whitman; William Dean Howells; Oscar Wilde; Edith Wharton; Theodore Dreiser; William Carlos Williams; Henry James.

About the author

John J. Burke is Associate Professor of English at St. Joseph's University.

Summary

An account of the visits of 21 famous writers - four British and 17 American - who visited Philadelphia. Burke focuses on the literary history of Philadelphia. The writers include: Thomas Moore; Washington Irving; Willaim Thackeray; Oscar Wilde; Henry James; Henry Longfellow; and Charles Dickens.

Product details

• Authors: John J Burke, John J. Burke
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.03.1995
• EAN: 9780819195913
• ISBN: 978-0-8191-9591-3
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 231 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 367 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Travel > Illustrated books; USA, Places & peoples: general & pictorial works, TRAVEL / Pictorials, English, 20th Century, TRAVEL / United States / General, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, Anthologies: general, Anthologies (non-poetry), Places and peoples: general and pictorial works, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Subjects & Themes / Places