Transatlantic Stowe
Subtitle: Harriet Beecher Stowe and European culture
By: edited by Denise Kohn, Sarah Meer, and Emily B. Todd
Contributors: Kohn, Denise, 1963-; Meer, Sarah, 1969-; Todd, Emily B. 1967-
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Iowa City
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
Subjects: Stowe, Harriet Beecher, -- 1811-1896 -- Criticism and interpretation; Stowe, Harriet Beecher, -- 1811-1896 -- Influence; Stowe, Harriet Beecher, -- 1811-1896.; American literature -- European influences; European literature -- American influences; Slavery in literature; United States -- Intellectual life -- 19th century; Europe -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
Description: "Uncle Tom's Cabin broke publishing records and made Harriet Beecher Stowe in her time one of the world's most famous authors. The book was a bestseller in Britain and was translated into some forty languages. Yet today Stowe tends to be seen wholly in the context of American literary history. Transatlantic Stowe: Harriet Beecher Stowe and European Culture is the first book to consider multiple aspects of Stowe's career in an international context."

"Blending historical and cultural criticism and drawing on fresh primary material from London and Paris, Transatlantic Stowe includes essays exploring Stowe's relationship with European writers and the influence of her European travels on her work, especially the controversial travel narrative Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands and her "Italian novel" Agnes of Sorrento."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-247) and index