Mark Twain's travel literature : the odyssey of a mind /
Hellwig, Harold H.,1950-
Jefferson, N.C. ; London : McFarland & Co.,
c2008.
"This critical study focuses on Twain's representations of time, place, and identity in the travel works Roughing It, A Tramp Abroad, The Innocents Abroad, Life on The Mississippi, and Following the Equator"--Provided by publisher.
"This critical study focuses on Twain's representations of time, place, and identity in the travel works Roughing It, A Tramp Abroad, The Innocents Abroad, Life on The Mississippi, and Following the Equator"--Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-211) and index.
"Appendix : travel works probably read and owned by Mark Twain": p. 181-200.
Travel as a quest for knowledge -- Travel as a method of piloting the river of life -- Innocents abroad : a parody of tourist books -- Roughing it : travel as a way to find an identity -- A tramp abroad : travel experiment and narrative lapse -- Life on the Mississippi : travel as a form of knowledge -- Following the equator : travel as nostalgia, loss and recovery -- Mark Twain's travel : looking for an identity in fiction -- Mark Twain's travel : looking for stable time in his fiction -- Appendix: travel works probably read and owned by Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain).
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
Travelers' writings, American
Travel in literature.
Time in literature.
Place (Philosophy) in literature.
Identity (Psychology) in literature.