American writers in Istanbul
Subtitle: Melville, Twain, Hemingway, Dos Passos, Bowles, Algren, Baldwin, and Settle
By: Kim Fortuny.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Syracuse
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780815632368
Subjects: Melville, Herman, -- 1819-1891 -- Criticism and interpretation; Twain, Mark, -- 1835-1910 -- Criticism and interpretation; Hemingway, Ernest , -- 1899-1961 -- Criticism and interpretation; Dos Passos, John R. -- 1844-1917 -- Criticism and interpretation; Bowles, Paul, -- 1910-1999 -- Criticism and interpretation; Algren, Nelson, -- 1909-1981 -- Criticism and interpretation; Baldwin, James, -- 1924-1987 -- Criticism and interpretation; Settle, Mary Lee -- Criticism and interpretation; Authors, American -- Homes and haunts -- Istanbul (Turkey); Americans -- Istanbul (Turkey) -- Intellectual life; Literature and society -- Istanbul (Turkey); American literature -- Turkic influences; Istanbul (Turkey) -- In literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Herman Melville in Istanbul: Ishmael, urban naturalist; title: Mark Twain in Istanbul: a liability abroad; title: Dispatches from Constantinople: Ernest Hemingway on the Greco-Turkish War; title: Orient express: John Dos Passos, American socialism, and the War of Independence in Turkey; title: Paul Bowles in Istanbul: The perils of forced hybridization; title: "Dearest flower of Istanbul": Nelson Algren, Simone de Beauvoir, and Who lost an American?; title: James Baldwin on the Nation of Islam: a letter from Istanbul; title: Mary Lee Settle's Turkish reflections: past and present recognitions.