River of dreams imagining the Mississippi before Mark Twain /

Wedi'i Gadw mewn:
Manylion Llyfryddiaeth
Prif Awdur: Smith, Thomas Ruys, 1979-
Awdur Corfforaethol: ebrary, Inc
Fformat: Electronig eLyfr
Iaith:Saesneg
Cyhoeddwyd: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2007.
Cyfres:Southern literary studies.
Pynciau:
Mynediad Ar-lein:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Tagiau: Ychwanegu Tag
Dim Tagiau, Byddwch y cyntaf i dagio'r cofnod hwn!
Tabl Cynhwysion:
  • 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.