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Overview"Mark Twain on the Move gathers the very best passages from all five of Mark Twain's travel narratives: """"The Innocents Abroad"""" (1869), """"Roughing It"""" (1872), """"A Tramp Abroad"""" (1880), """"Life on the Mississippi"""" (1883), and """"Following the Equator"""" (1897). Although Twain's travel narratives were his best sellers throughout his career, modern readers are largely unfamiliar with them. Thus, readers are not only missing some of Twain's most hilarious and insightful material, they are also missing a complete understanding of a beloved literary and cultural icon.""""Mark Twain on the Move"""" presents the best of these works - sometimes respectful, often irreverent and outlandish - at their most lively and captures his renowned experiences as an American tourist. And they demonstrate why Twain's greatest popularity in his lifetime derived from his travel writings rather than from his novels. Twain was always entertaining and provocative while on the move and this collection captures that fabled energy for modern readers." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Mark Twain , Alan Gribben , Jeffrey Alan Melton , Gary ScharnhorstPublisher: The University of Alabama Press Imprint: The University of Alabama Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.542kg ISBN: 9780817316402ISBN 10: 081731640 Pages: 312 Publication Date: 30 November 2008 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Out of stock  Table of ContentsReviewsThis collection convinces the reader to appreciate Mark Twain as a writer of travel books rather than as a humorous raconteur. The editors' approach to Twain's writing is innovative and develops important and fresh insights. The volume is enjoyable for its intrinsic content and for its editorial competence. - Louis Budd This collection convinces the reader to appreciate Mark Twain as a writer of travel books rather than as a humorous raconteur. The editors' approach to Twain's writing is innovative and develops important and fresh insights. The volume is enjoyable for its intrinsic content and for its editorial competence. - Louis Budd Author InformationAlan Gribben is Professor of English at Auburn University Montgomery, and the author of Mark Twain's Library: A Reconstruction and numerous articles on Twain. He is a co-founder of the Mark Twain Circle of America and serves on the Advisory Board of the Center for Mark Twain Studies at Elmira College. Jeffrey Alan Melton is Associate Professor of English at Auburn University Montgomery and the author of Mark Twain, Travel Books, and Tourism: The Tide of a Great Popular Movement. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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