Smith, Thomas Ruys, 1979-
River of dreams imagining the Mississippi before Mark Twain / [electronic resource] : Thomas Ruys Smith. - Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2007. - x, 232 p., [10] p. of plates : ill., map. - Southern literary studies . - Southern literary studies. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-223) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
American literature--History and criticism.--19th century
American literature--History and criticism.--1783-1850
Mississippi River--In literature.
United States--Civilization--1783-1865.
United States--Civilization--19th century.
Electronic books.
PS217.M58 / S65 2007eb
810.9/372
River of dreams imagining the Mississippi before Mark Twain / [electronic resource] : Thomas Ruys Smith. - Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2007. - x, 232 p., [10] p. of plates : ill., map. - Southern literary studies . - Southern literary studies. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-223) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
American literature--History and criticism.--19th century
American literature--History and criticism.--1783-1850
Mississippi River--In literature.
United States--Civilization--1783-1865.
United States--Civilization--19th century.
Electronic books.
PS217.M58 / S65 2007eb
810.9/372