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Mark Twain and Henry James: Different Americans, Similar Journeys

Heldenfels, Richard D.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1302543053

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2011, Master of Arts, University of Akron, English-Literature.
Henry James and Mark Twain have often been treated as literary opposites. However, a close examination of their biographies and certain of their works indicates a closer kinship than has been indicated in most scholarship to date. In particular, James "Daisy Miller" appears to owe a noticeable debt to Twain's "The Innocents Abroad"; in addition, James's "The Bostonians," his attempt at a truly American novel, overlaps chronologically and thematically with Twain's "Huckleberry Finn," one of the great American novels. This thesis focuses especially on those two pairs of work but also examines the authors' similarities in larger contexts.
Patrick Chura, Dr. (Advisor)
Hillary Nunn, Dr. (Committee Member)
Robert Pope (Committee Member)
115 p.
American Literature

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  • Heldenfels, R. D. (2011). Mark Twain and Henry James: Different Americans, Similar Journeys [Master's thesis, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1302543053

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Heldenfels, Richard. Mark Twain and Henry James: Different Americans, Similar Journeys. 2011. University of Akron, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1302543053.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Heldenfels, Richard. "Mark Twain and Henry James: Different Americans, Similar Journeys." Master's thesis, University of Akron, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1302543053

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