Mark Twain's Travel Literature

The Odyssey of a Mind

Harold H. Hellwig (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

227 Seiten

2008
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-3651-4 (ISBN)

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Analyzes major concepts in the travel literature of Mark Twain and notes how his ouvre revolves around travel as a central issue. This book focuses especially on his representations of time, place, and identity in works such as: ""Roughing It"", ""A Tramp Abroad"", ""The Innocents Abroad"", ""Life on The Mississippi"", and ""Following the Equator"".

This critical study analyzes major concepts in the travel literature of Mark Twain and notes how his oeuvre (including his classic works of fiction) revolves around travel as a central issue. The book focuses especially on his representations of time, place, and identity in the travel works Roughing It, A Tramp Abroad, The Innocents Abroad, Life on The Mississippi, and Following the Equator. All receive an in-depth analysis, noting Twain's strong sense of nostalgia for the disappearing American frontier, his growing concern over the assimilation of Native American cultures, and his continual search for a sense of personal and national identity. One appendix provides a complete list of the travel literature contained in Twain's personal library.

Harold H. Hellwig is an associate English professor and director of composition at Idaho State University. He lives in Pocatello, Idaho.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

1. Travel as a Quest for Knowledge

2. Travel as a Method of Piloting the River of Life

3. Innocents Abroad: A Parody of Tourist Books

4. Roughing It: Travel as a Way to Find an Identity

5. A Tramp Abroad: Travel Experiment and Narrative Lapse

6. Life on the Mississippi: Travel as a Form of Knowledge

7. Following the Equator: Travel as Nostalgia, Loss and Recovery

8. Mark Twain’s Travel: Looking for an Identity in Fiction

9. Mark Twain’s Travel: Looking for Stable Time in His Fiction

Appendix: Travel Works Probably Read and Owned by Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain)

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.4.2008
Zusatzinfo	20 photos, appendix, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	308 g
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Nord- / Mittelamerika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-7864-3651-4 / 0786436514
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-3651-4 / 9780786436514
Zustand	Neuware