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- catalog abstract ""In this book, Larzer Ziff traces the history of distinctively American travel writing through the stories of five great representatives. John Ledyard (1752-1789) sailed with Captain Cook, walked across the Russian empire, and attempted to find a transcontinental route across North America. John Lloyd Stephens (1805-1852), who today is recognized as the father of Mayan archaeology, uncovered hundreds of ruins in two expeditions to the Yucatan and Central America, and he also was one of the first Americans to reach the Arabia Petrae. Bayard Taylor (1825-1878) invented travel writing as a profession. The only writer on Commodore Perry's expedition to Japan, he traveled also to Europe, Africa, India, and the Arctic Circle solely for the purpose of producing books about these journeys. Finally, in Mark Twain's unabashed concentration on the haps and mishaps of the tourist and Henry James's strikingly different cosmopolitan accounts of European sites and societies, travel writing conclusively emerged as great art." "Ziff explains the ways in which the American background of these writers informed their impressions of foreign scenes and shows how America served always as the final object of the critical scrutiny they brought to bear on other people and their lands."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11965396.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""In this book, Larzer Ziff traces the history of distinctively American travel writing through the stories of five great representatives. John Ledyard (1752-1789) sailed with Captain Cook, walked across the Russian empire, and attempted to find a transcontinental route across North America. John Lloyd Stephens (1805-1852), who today is recognized as the father of Mayan archaeology, uncovered hundreds of ruins in two expeditions to the Yucatan and Central America, and he also was one of the first Americans to reach the Arabia Petrae. Bayard Taylor (1825-1878) invented travel writing as a profession. The only writer on Commodore Perry's expedition to Japan, he traveled also to Europe, Africa, India, and the Arctic Circle solely for the purpose of producing books about these journeys. Finally, in Mark Twain's unabashed concentration on the haps and mishaps of the tourist and Henry James's strikingly different cosmopolitan accounts of European sites and societies, travel writing conclusively emerged as great art." "Ziff explains the ways in which the American background of these writers informed their impressions of foreign scenes and shows how America served always as the final object of the critical scrutiny they brought to bear on other people and their lands."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-295) and index.".
- catalog description "John Ledyard -- John Lloyd Stephens -- Bayard Taylor -- Mark Twain -- Henry James.".
- catalog extent "304 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0300082363 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Haven, CT : Yale University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Foreign countries".
- catalog subject "818/.30949104 21".
- catalog subject "American prose literature 19th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Americans Foreign countries Historiography.".
- catalog subject "Americans Travel Historiography.".
- catalog subject "PS366.T73 Z54 2000".
- catalog subject "Travel in literature.".
- catalog subject "Travel writing History.".
- catalog subject "Travelers' writings, American History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Voyages and travels Historiography.".
- catalog tableOfContents "John Ledyard -- John Lloyd Stephens -- Bayard Taylor -- Mark Twain -- Henry James.".
- catalog title "Return passages : great American travel writing, 1780-1910 : American travel writing from exploration to art / Larzer Ziff.".
- catalog type "text".