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Cosmopolitan Twain [electronic resource] / edited by Ann M. Ryan and Joseph B. McCullough.

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Series: Mark Twain and his circle seriesPublication details: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2008.Description: xiii, 269 p. : illSubject(s):

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Electronic books.

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818/.409 22

LOC classification:

PS1334 .C67 2008eb

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Contents:

Mark Twain and the cosmopolitan ideal / Ann M. Ryan -- Mark Twain and the mean (and magical) streets of New York / Ann M. Ryan -- Sam Clemens and the Mississippi River metropolis / Bruce Michelson -- Mark Twain, San Francisco's comic Fl�aneur / James E. Caron -- Taming the bohemian: Mark Twain in Buffalo / Joseph B. McCullough -- Mark Twain's music box: Livy, cosmopolitanism, and the commodity aesthetic / Kerry Driscoll -- "Not an alien but at home": Mark Twain and London / Peter Messent -- Mark Twain in Vienna: a diplomat without pay / Janice McIntire-Strasburg -- A room of his own: Samuel Clemens, Elmira, and quarry farm / Michael J. Kiskis.

Summary: "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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
E-Book	Strathmore University (Main Library) Online Resource		Link to resource	Not for loan

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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