Unlearning a Great Many Things: Mark Twain, Palestine, and American Perspectives on the Orient
Journal: Trinity College Digital Repository (Trinity College)
Year: 2013

Recent scholarship has focused on the influence of cultural works, such as books and films, on American perspectives of the Middle East after the Second World War, but not as much attention has been given to their influence during the nineteenth century. The nineteenth century saw the development of American ties to the Orient through missionary activity, tourism and the publication of a number of travel books on the Orient. This thesis examines the way Arabs, Islam, and the Holy Land were depic