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Cosmopolitan Twain (MARK TWAIN & HIS CIRCLE)
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Hardcover. Reveals a writer who is decidedly less static than the iconic portrait that dominates popular culture and offers a corrective to the dominant perspective of Mark Twain as the nostalgic voice of America's rural past, presenting Twain as a citizen of modernity and a visionary of a global and cosmopolitan future. Editor(s): Ryan, Ann M.; McCullough, Joseph B. Series: Mark Twain and His Circle Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations, index. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 558.
Cosmopolitan Twain takes seriously Mark Twain's life as a citizen of urban landscapes: from the streets of New York City to the palaces of Vienna to the suburban utopia of Hartford. Traditional readings of Mark Twain orient his life and work by distinctly rural markers such as the Mississippi River, the Wild West, and small-town America; yet as this collection shows, Twain's sensibilities were equally formed in urban centers of the world. These essays project Twain both as a product of urban frontiers and as a prophet of American modernity, situating him squarely within the context of an evolving international ... Read more
Cosmopolitan Twain takes seriously Mark Twain's life as a citizen of urban landscapes: from the streets of New York City to the palaces of Vienna to the suburban utopia of Hartford. Traditional readings of Mark Twain orient his life and work by distinctly rural markers such as the Mississippi River, the Wild West, and small-town America; yet as this collection shows, Twain's sensibilities were equally formed in urban centers of the world. These essays project Twain both as a product of urban frontiers and as a prophet of American modernity, situating him squarely within the context of an evolving international ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Missouri
Condition
New
Series
Mark Twain and His Circle Series.
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Missouri, United States
ISBN
9780826218278
SKU
V9780826218278
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About
Ann M. Ryan is Associate Professor of English at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York, and coeditor of A Due Voci: The Photography of Rita Hammond. Joseph B. McCullough is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He is coeditor of The Bible According to Mark Twain: Writings on Heaven, Eden, and the Flood and ... Read more
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