Cosmopolitan Twain
By: edited by Ann M. Ryan and Joseph B. McCullough.
Contributors: Ryan, Ann M.; McCullough, Joseph B.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9780826218278
Subjects: Twain, Mark, -- 1835-1910 -- Homes and haunts; Twain, Mark, -- 1835-1910 -- Travel; Twain, Mark, -- 1835-1910 -- Settings; Twain, Mark, -- 1835-1910 -- Psychology; Cosmopolitanism in literature; Cities and towns in literature; City and town life in literature; Modernism (Literature) -- United States
Description: "From New York City to Vienna to the suburban utopia of Harford, Twain spent most of his life in an urban environment, generating writings that marked America's movement into the twentieth century. Rather than the nostalgic voice of America's rural post, Twain was a visionary of a cosmopolitan future"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.