From Home and Abroad
American and British Writers in Philadelphia 1800-1910
Seiten
1995
University Press of America (Verlag)
978-0-8191-9591-3 (ISBN)
University Press of America (Verlag)
978-0-8191-9591-3 (ISBN)
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.
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.
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.
John J. Burke is Associate Professor of English at St. Joseph's University.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.5.1995 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 164 x 231 mm |
| Gewicht | 367 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Anthologien |
| Reisen ► Bildbände ► Nord- / Mittelamerika | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8191-9591-X / 081919591X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8191-9591-3 / 9780819195913 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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