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Item specifics
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- Publication Date
- 2013-06-06
- ISBN
- 9781780760759
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
I. B. Tauris & Company, The Limited
ISBN-10
1780760752
ISBN-13
9781780760759
eBay Product ID (ePID)
143818773
Product Key Features
Book Title
Passage to America : Celebrated European Visitors in Search of the American Adventure
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Topic
International Relations / General, Modern / 19th Century, Essays & Travelogues, Europe / General, United States / General, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publication Year
2013
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism, Travel, Political Science, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
21.3 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2013-388565
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
917.3045
Table Of Content
Introduction 1. The New World Sojourn of Baron and Baroness Hyde de Neuville 2. Frances Wright Brings Reform to America 3. The American Peregrinations of Captain Basil Hall 4. The New World Enterprise of Frances Trollope 5. The Political Mission of Thomas Hamilton 6. The American Debut of Fanny Kemble 7. The American Odyssey of Harriet Martineau 8. The Daring Adventures of Charles August Murray 9. The Clairvoyance of Thomas Colley Grattan 10. The First Visit of Charles Dickens to the New World 11. William Makepeace Thackeray Lectures in America 12. Edward Dicey, Reporter Extraordinaire 13. Oscar Wilde Brings the New Aesthetics to America 14. Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky and the Birth of Carnegie Hall 15. Henry James Re-visits the New World
Synopsis
America was a source of fascination to Europeans arriving there during the course of the nineteenth century. At first glance, the New World was very similar to the societies they left behind in their native countries, but in many aspects of politics, culture and society, the American experience was vastly different - almost unrecognisably so - from Old World Europe. Europeans were astounded that America could survive without a monarch, a standing army and the hierarchical society which still dominated Europe. Some travellers, such as the actress Fanny Kemble, were truly convinced America would eventually revert to a monarchy; others, such as Frances Wright and even Oscar Wilde, took their opinions further, and attempted to fix aspects of America - described in 1827 by the young Scottish captain Basil Hall, as 'one of England's "occasional failures"'. Many prominent visitors to the United States recorded their responses to this emerging society in their diaries, letters and journals; and many of them, like the fulminating Frances Trollope, were brutally and offensively honest in their accounts of the New World. They provide an insight into an America which is barely recognizable today whilst their writings set down a diverse and lively assortment of personal travel accounts. This book compares the impressions of a group of discerning and prominent Europeans from the cultural sphere - from the writers Charles Dickens, William Makepeace Thackeray and Oscar Wilde to luminaries of music and theatre such as Tchaikovsky and Fanny Kemble. Their reactions to the New World are as revealing of the European and American worlds as they are colourful and varied, providing a unique insight into the experiences of nineteenth century travelers to America.
LC Classification Number
E166
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