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Overview"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." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jeffrey Alan Melton , Gary ScharnhorstPublisher: The University of Alabama Press Imprint: The University of Alabama Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.453kg ISBN: 9780817355197ISBN 10: 0817355197 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 30 October 2008 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsWorthwhile reading for humor scholars, Twainiacs, and those interested in travel and travel theory generally. -- Choice This book should be compelling to anyone interested in Twain, travel writing, or Americans' attitudes about travel. It may be a testament to Twain's enduring insights--or maybe just proof that human nature doesn't change--that his observations about American travelers are as relevant in the age of the jet as they were in the days of the steamship --Foreword Melton's book addresses the issues of race, imperialism and culture in a measured, thoughtful way. . . . Melton is making deliberate headway and guiding the reader upstream, not simply allowing the reader to be swept passively along with the tide --Mark Twain Forum Worthwhile reading for humor scholars, Twainiacs, and those interested in travel and travel theory generally. Choice Worthwhile reading for humor scholars, Twainiacs, and those interested in travel and travel theory generally. -- Choice Worthwhile reading for humor scholars, Twainiacs, and those interested in travel and travel theory generally. Choice "Worthwhile reading for humor scholars, Twainiacs, and those interested in travel and travel theory generally. -- Choice This book should be compelling to anyone interested in Twain, travel writing, or Americans' attitudes about travel. It may be a testament to Twain's enduring insights--or maybe just proof that human nature doesn't change--that his observations about American travelers are as relevant in the age of the jet as they were in the days of the steamship--Foreword ""Melton's book addresses the issues of race, imperialism and culture in a measured, thoughtful way. . . . Melton is making deliberate headway and guiding the reader upstream, not simply allowing the reader to be swept passively along with the tide""--Mark Twain Forum" Author InformationJeffrey 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |