Mark Twain & France: The Making of a New American Identity

Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-0-8262-2119-3
Verlag: UNIV OF MISSOURI PR

Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 499 g

Reihe: Mark Twain and His Circle

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book offers close readings of writings that have been largely ignored, such as The Innocents Adrift manuscript and the unpublished chapters of A Tramp Abroad, combining literary analysis, socio-historical context and biographical research.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Harrington, Paula

Jenn, Ronald

Über Autor(innen)

Paula Harrington is director of the Farnham Writers’ Center and an assistant professor of writing at Colby College. In 2013, she was a Fulbright Scholar in Paris, doing research that led to her collaboration with Jenn on this book. She lives in Portland, ME.

Ronald Jenn is a professor at Université de Lille, France. He is the author of La Pseudo-traduction, de Cervantès à Mark Twain. He lives in Lille, France.