Mark Twain's travel literature
Subtitle: the odyssey of a mind
By: Harold H. Hellwig.
Publisher: McFarland & Co., Publishers; McFarland; McFarland & Co.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9780786436514
Subjects: Twain, Mark, -- 1835-1910 -- Criticism and interpretation; Twain, Mark, -- 1835-1910 -- Travel; Travelers' writings, American -- History and criticism; Travel in literature; Time in literature; Place (Philosophy) in literature; Identity (Psychology) in literature
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Travel as a quest for knowledge; title: Travel as a method of piloting the river of life; title: Innocents abroad: a parody of tourist books; title: Roughing it : travel as a way to find an identity; title: A tramp abroad : travel experiment and narrative lapse; title: Life on the Mississippi : travel as a form of knowledge; title: Following the equator : travel as a nostalgia, loss and recovery; title: Mark Twain's travel : looking for an identity in fiction; title: Mark Twain's travel : looking for stable time in his fiction; title: Appendix: travel works probably read and owned by Samuel L. Clemens.