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- Mark Twain & France: The Making of a New American Identity
- Book
- 2017
- Published by: University of Missouri Press
- Series: Mark Twain and His Circle
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Blending cultural history, biography, and literary criticism, this book explores how one of America's greatest icons used the French to help build a new sense of what it is to be “American” in the second half of the nineteenth century.
While critics have generally dismissed Mark Twain’s relationship with France as hostile, Harrington and Jenn see Twain’s use of the French as a foil to help construct his identity as “the representative American.” Examining new materials that detail his Montmatre study, the carte de visite album, and a chronology of his visits to France, the book offers close readings of writings that have been largely ignored, such as The Innocents Adrift manuscript and the unpublished chapters of A Tramp Abroad, combining literary analysis, socio-historical context and biographical research.
While critics have generally dismissed Mark Twain’s relationship with France as hostile, Harrington and Jenn see Twain’s use of the French as a foil to help construct his identity as “the representative American.” Examining new materials that detail his Montmatre study, the carte de visite album, and a chronology of his visits to France, the book offers close readings of writings that have been largely ignored, such as The Innocents Adrift manuscript and the unpublished chapters of A Tramp Abroad, combining literary analysis, socio-historical context and biographical research.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
- pp. i-viii
- List of Illustrations
- pp. xi-xii
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xiii-xvi
- Introduction
- pp. 3-16
- 2. Leaving the River: 1861–66
- pp. 41-56
- 4. Jumping the French: 1870–78
- pp. 81-108
- 5. Paris from the Inside: 1879
- pp. 109-138
- 6. Less to Prove: 1880–92
- pp. 139-160
- 7. Coming to Terms: 1893–99
- pp. 161-184
- Bibliography
- pp. 209-216
Additional Information
ISBN
9780826273772
Related ISBN(s)
9780826221193
MARC Record
OCLC
981463379
Pages
248
Launched on MUSE
2017-04-13
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2017