Format:
X, 232 S
,
Ill., Kt
,
23,5 cm
ISBN:
0807132330
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9780807132333
Series Statement:
Southern literary studies
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-223) and index
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Introduction : the American Nile : "ultima thule" -- Empire : Jefferson and "the Mississippi we must have" -- Frontier : Jackson and the "half-horse, half-alligators" -- Travel and tourism : Europeans on "this foul stream" -- Moving panoramas : the "useful illusion" of the visual Mississippi -- Crime and punishment : "extraordinary metaphysical scamps" in the Mississippi underworld -- Epilogue : the Civil War and Mark Twain
Language:
English
Keywords:
USA
;
Literatur
;
Mississippi
;
Geschichte 1780-1860
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip072/2006032210.html
Author information:
Twain, Mark 1835-1910
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