Going Abroad
European Travel in Nineteenth-Century American Culture
Seiten
1994
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-03364-8 (ISBN)
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-03364-8 (ISBN)
- Titel ist leider vergriffen;
keine Neuauflage - Artikel merken
This is an examination of the travel writings on Europe produced by 19th-century American writers. It examines not only classic works by such writers as Irving, Fuller and Twain, but also lesser-known works by African-American authors, journalists, feminist writers and diarists.
In a nation struggling to establish its own identity, all kinds of Americans, for all kinds of reasons, were enchanted with Europe. A European trip, whether extravagant or modest, could serve social advancement, aesthetic enrichment, or personal curiosity. Travel allowed men and women, the descendants of European settlers or African slaves, to shed their familiar surroundings and comfortable personas, adopt new roles, and measure themselves against the European experience. These travellers were often also writers. Throughout the 19th century, celebrated authors and beginners alike published newspaper columns, magazine articles, guidebooks, travel essays, letters, and novels based on their European journeys. In this work the author examines not only classic works by such writers as Irving, Fuller, Twain, James, and Adams, but also lesser-known works by African-American authors, journalists, feminist writers, and diarists. Travel and the writing of it were important, Stowe argues, in moulding a peculiarly democratic, yet essentially class-based, sense of personal and group identity.
Combining literary and cultural analysis, he suggests new ways of understanding 19th-century Americans' concept of their nation and its place in the world.
In a nation struggling to establish its own identity, all kinds of Americans, for all kinds of reasons, were enchanted with Europe. A European trip, whether extravagant or modest, could serve social advancement, aesthetic enrichment, or personal curiosity. Travel allowed men and women, the descendants of European settlers or African slaves, to shed their familiar surroundings and comfortable personas, adopt new roles, and measure themselves against the European experience. These travellers were often also writers. Throughout the 19th century, celebrated authors and beginners alike published newspaper columns, magazine articles, guidebooks, travel essays, letters, and novels based on their European journeys. In this work the author examines not only classic works by such writers as Irving, Fuller, Twain, James, and Adams, but also lesser-known works by African-American authors, journalists, feminist writers, and diarists. Travel and the writing of it were important, Stowe argues, in moulding a peculiarly democratic, yet essentially class-based, sense of personal and group identity.
Combining literary and cultural analysis, he suggests new ways of understanding 19th-century Americans' concept of their nation and its place in the world.
| Reihe/Serie | Princeton Legacy Library |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 5 halftones |
| Verlagsort | New Jersey |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 197 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 539 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton |
| Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Europa | |
| Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Nord- / Mittelamerika | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-691-03364-1 / 0691033641 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-691-03364-8 / 9780691033648 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
| Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt? |
Mehr entdecken
aus dem Bereich
aus dem Bereich
10.000 Kilometer mit dem Rad am Eisernen Vorhang entlang vom …
Buch | Softcover (2023)
Verlag Voland & Quist
CHF 34,90
Eine Reise durch die Stadt der Lichter
Buch | Hardcover (2024)
Midas Collection (Verlag)
CHF 37,90
meine Reise durch ein Land im Krieg
Buch | Softcover (2024)
Malik (Verlag)
CHF 25,20
