Wilkie Collins's American Tour, 1873-4 - Susan R Hanes

Wilkie Collins's American Tour, 1873-4

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
166 Seiten
2008
Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-85196-968-5 (ISBN)
199,95 inkl. MwSt
In the autumn of 1873, Wilkie Collins followed the example of fellow literary celebrities Dickens and Thackeray, and began a six-month reading tour of America. This book places this tour within the American lyceum movement of the later nineteenth century.

Hanes, Susan R

Introduction; Chapter 1 First Considerations of an American Tour; Chapter 2 Underway to America; Chapter 3 An Auspicious Welcome: New York City; Chapter 4 The Tour Begins: Upstate New York; Chapter 5 Readings and Responses: Philadelphia, Boston and New York; Chapter 6 The Second Swing: Baltimore and Washington; Chapter 7 A Change of Managers: The Northeast; Chapter 8 The 'Double Difficulty': Montreal, Toronto and Buffalo; Chapter 9 The Final Circuit: Cleveland, Detroit and Chicago; Chapter 10 Arguments and Accolades: Return to New England; Chapter 11 Winding Down: New York and Wallingford; Chapter 12 Conclusion: Wilkie Collins and the American People;

Erscheint lt. Verlag 1.4.2008
Reihe/Serie The History of the Book
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 385 g
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
ISBN-10 1-85196-968-3 / 1851969683
ISBN-13 978-1-85196-968-5 / 9781851969685
Zustand Neuware
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