Mark Twain & France: The Making of a New American Identity: Mark Twain and His Circle
Autor Paula Harrington, Ronald Jennen Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 iun 2017 – vârsta ani
Blending cultural history, biography, and literary criticism, this book explores how one of America's greatest icons used the French to help build a new sense of what it is to be “American” in the second half of the nineteenth century.
While critics have generally dismissed Mark Twain’s relationship with France as hostile, Harrington and Jenn see Twain’s use of the French as a foil to help construct his identity as “the representative American.” Examining new materials that detail his Montmatre study, the carte de visite album, and a chronology of his visits to France, the book offers close readings of writings that have been largely ignored, such as The Innocents Adrift manuscript and the unpublished chapters of A Tramp Abroad, combining literary analysis, socio-historical context and biographical research.
While critics have generally dismissed Mark Twain’s relationship with France as hostile, Harrington and Jenn see Twain’s use of the French as a foil to help construct his identity as “the representative American.” Examining new materials that detail his Montmatre study, the carte de visite album, and a chronology of his visits to France, the book offers close readings of writings that have been largely ignored, such as The Innocents Adrift manuscript and the unpublished chapters of A Tramp Abroad, combining literary analysis, socio-historical context and biographical research.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780826221193
ISBN-10: 082622119X
Pagini: 244
Ilustrații: 12 illus.
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Ediția:First Edition
Editura: University of Missouri Press
Colecția University of Missouri
Seria Mark Twain and His Circle
ISBN-10: 082622119X
Pagini: 244
Ilustrații: 12 illus.
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Ediția:First Edition
Editura: University of Missouri Press
Colecția University of Missouri
Seria Mark Twain and His Circle
Recenzii
“Alternately takes up panoramic historical and cultural vistas and carefully analyzes passages from all sorts of text with judgment and a sense of proportion.”—Tom Quirk, University of Missouri, author of Mark Twain and Human Nature
“The authors work seamlessly back and forth between historical data, biographical detail, and attention to multiple works by Twain that illuminate his complex relationship to the French and to France.”—Linda A. Morris, University of California, author of Gender Play in Mark Twain: Cross-Dressing and Transgression
“The layers of Mark Twain's protean life and ideas seem infinite and infinitely rich, especially when peeled back by such scrupulous scholars as Paula Harrington and Ronald Jenn. This fascinating, well written summa of his thoughts about the French people, their culture, and their politics—for decades regarded by most of us as merely part of his comic repertoire—reveal them in all their depth and complexity.”—Ron Powers, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author of Mark Twain: A Life
“The resources utilized are impressive and indicate Harrington and Jenn left few stones unturned. Their writing style is direct and to the point. Their arguments that the French served Mark Twain as a foil to advance American culture and his own reputation as a distinctly American writer are strong and likely to convince future scholars for years to come.”—Mark Twain Forum
Notă biografică
Paula Harrington is director of the Farnham Writers’ Center and an assistant professor of writing at Colby College. In 2013, she was a Fulbright Scholar in Paris, doing research that led to her collaboration with Jenn on this book. She lives in Portland, ME.
Ronald Jenn is a professor at Université de Lille, France. He is the author of La Pseudo-traduction, de Cervantès à Mark Twain. He lives in Lille, France.
Ronald Jenn is a professor at Université de Lille, France. He is the author of La Pseudo-traduction, de Cervantès à Mark Twain. He lives in Lille, France.
Cuprins
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Timeline of the Clemenses in France: 1867–1895
Introduction
Chapter 1 Accounting for the Creoles: 1835–60
“Ambassador General to the World”
Early French Palimpsests
Twain, Parkman, and France in American History
The World at Hannibal’s Feet
Book-Learning and Early Reporting
New Orleans and Mardi Gras
Chapter 2 Leaving the River: 1861–66
French Encounters in the Sierra Days
Lewd Merchandise and a Hanging
Of Conquerors and Cannibals
Chapter 3 France for the First Time: 1867–69
Nobody’s Secretary
The Fourth of July to Quartorze Juillet
An “Innocent” Remakes His Experience
The Doctor and the Writer
The Making of a Novelist
Chapter 4 Jumping the French: 1870–78
The Last of the Newspapering Days
No Battle Yet!
Paris Was Never Situated This Way
Clawed Back Into a Civilized Language Once More
Chapter 5 Paris From the Inside: 1879
A Tramp in Paris
The Octagon of Montmartre
The American Colony and French Outings
Mark Twain’s French Faces: The Carte de Visite Album
The Unpublished French Chapters of A Tramp Abroad
Marriage v. Mariage: The Unpublished Material “On Courtship and Marriage”
“The French and the Comanches”: Historical Backdrop
An American Corps of Civil Missionaries
The Published French Chapters of A Tramp Abroad
Chapter 6 Less to Prove: 1880–92
“Mark Twain,” Un Fait Accompli
The Long European Tour
“Bon voyajj!”
The Innocents Adrift Versus “Down the Rhone”
Not So Dirty, Lazy, or Immoral After All
From Virgins to the Virgin
Chapter 7 Coming to Terms: 1893–99
A Home Base in France
Mark Twain, French Historian
Writing Joan of Arc—in France
Joan-less in Rouen
Paul Bourget: Bentzon Redux
Last Days in Paris
Back to the Frame: Sieur Louis De Conte
The End of the French Foil
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
Timeline of the Clemenses in France: 1867–1895
Introduction
Chapter 1 Accounting for the Creoles: 1835–60
“Ambassador General to the World”
Early French Palimpsests
Twain, Parkman, and France in American History
The World at Hannibal’s Feet
Book-Learning and Early Reporting
New Orleans and Mardi Gras
Chapter 2 Leaving the River: 1861–66
French Encounters in the Sierra Days
Lewd Merchandise and a Hanging
Of Conquerors and Cannibals
Chapter 3 France for the First Time: 1867–69
Nobody’s Secretary
The Fourth of July to Quartorze Juillet
An “Innocent” Remakes His Experience
The Doctor and the Writer
The Making of a Novelist
Chapter 4 Jumping the French: 1870–78
The Last of the Newspapering Days
No Battle Yet!
Paris Was Never Situated This Way
Clawed Back Into a Civilized Language Once More
Chapter 5 Paris From the Inside: 1879
A Tramp in Paris
The Octagon of Montmartre
The American Colony and French Outings
Mark Twain’s French Faces: The Carte de Visite Album
The Unpublished French Chapters of A Tramp Abroad
Marriage v. Mariage: The Unpublished Material “On Courtship and Marriage”
“The French and the Comanches”: Historical Backdrop
An American Corps of Civil Missionaries
The Published French Chapters of A Tramp Abroad
Chapter 6 Less to Prove: 1880–92
“Mark Twain,” Un Fait Accompli
The Long European Tour
“Bon voyajj!”
The Innocents Adrift Versus “Down the Rhone”
Not So Dirty, Lazy, or Immoral After All
From Virgins to the Virgin
Chapter 7 Coming to Terms: 1893–99
A Home Base in France
Mark Twain, French Historian
Writing Joan of Arc—in France
Joan-less in Rouen
Paul Bourget: Bentzon Redux
Last Days in Paris
Back to the Frame: Sieur Louis De Conte
The End of the French Foil
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Descriere
While critics have generally dismissed Mark Twain’s relationship with France as hostile, Harrington and Jenn see Twain’s use of the French as a foil to help construct his identity as “the representative American.”