Mark Twain, Travel Books, and Tourism - The Tide of a Great Popular Movement

Treats Mark Twain's travel narratives in the context of his contemporary travel writers and a burgeoning tourism culture. This book shows that Twain's 5 major travel narratives - "The Innocents Abroad", "Roughing It", "Life on the Mississippi", "A Tramp Abroad", and "Following the Equator" - demonstrate his mastery and reinvention of the genre.

A propos de l'auteur

Jeffrey Alan Melton is Associate Professor of American Studies at the University of Alabama and coeditor, with Alan Gribben, of Mark Twain on the Move: A Travel Reader.

Résumé

Treats Mark Twain's travel narratives in the context of his contemporary travel writers and a burgeoning tourism culture. This book shows that Twain's 5 major travel narratives - "The Innocents Abroad", "Roughing It", "Life on the Mississippi", "A Tramp Abroad", and "Following the Equator" - demonstrate his mastery and reinvention of the genre.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Jeffrey Alan Melton
• Edition: The University of Alabama Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 30.10.2008
• EAN: 9780817355197
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-5519-7
• Pages: 224
• Dimensions: 228 mm x 155 mm x 16 mm
• Poids: 372 g
• Thèmes: Studies in American Literary Realism and Naturalism; Studies in American Literary R; Studies in American Literary Realism and Naturalism; Studies in American Literary R; American Literary Realism and
• Catégorie: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée