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Mark Twain, Travel Books, and Tourism
Jeffrey Alan Melton
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Description for Mark Twain, Travel Books, and Tourism
Paperback. Treats Mark Twain's travel narratives in the context of his contemporary travel writers and a burgeoning tourism culture. This book shows that Twain's 5 major travel narratives - "The Innocents Abroad", "Roughing It", "Life on the Mississippi", "A Tramp Abroad", and "Following the Equator" - demonstrate his mastery and reinvention of the genre. Series Editor(s): Scharnhorst, Gary. Series: Studies in American Literary Realism and Naturalism. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
With the publication of ""The Innocents Abroad"" (1869), Mark Twain embarked on a long and successful career as the 19th century's best-selling travel writer. Jeffrey Melton treats Twain's travel narratives in depth, and in the context of his contemporary travel writers and a burgeoning tourism culture. As Melton shows, Twain's five major travel narratives - ""The Innocents Abroad"", ""Roughing It"", ""Life on the Mississippi"", ""A Tramp Abroad"", and ""Following the Equator"" - demonstrate Twain's mastery and reinvention of the genre.
With the publication of ""The Innocents Abroad"" (1869), Mark Twain embarked on a long and successful career as the 19th century's best-selling travel writer. Jeffrey Melton treats Twain's travel narratives in depth, and in the context of his contemporary travel writers and a burgeoning tourism culture. As Melton shows, Twain's five major travel narratives - ""The Innocents Abroad"", ""Roughing It"", ""Life on the Mississippi"", ""A Tramp Abroad"", and ""Following the Equator"" - demonstrate Twain's mastery and reinvention of the genre.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Studies in American Literary Realism and Naturalism
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Alabama, United States
ISBN
9780817355197
SKU
V9780817355197
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About Jeffrey Alan Melton
Jeffrey Alan Melton is Associate Professor of English at Auburn University Montgomery and coeditor, with Alan Gribben, of Mark Twain on the Move: A Travel Reader.
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