Susan R Hanes

Wilkie Collins's American Tour, 1873-4 (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 178
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317314165
• Artikelnr.: 43417790

Autorenporträt

Hanes, Susan R

Inhaltsangabe

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