Made in Nevada: Mark Twain and the Literary Legacy of Place

IF 0.2 0 LITERATURE, AMERICAN Mark Twain Annual Pub Date : 2019-10-24 DOI:10.5325/marktwaij.17.1.0001

Michael P. Branch

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Abstract

Abstract:In this personal essay, environmental humor writer Michael P. Branch considers the influential ways in which Mark Twain represented the natural environment of the Great Basin Desert in his 1872 book Roughing It. While Twain was among the first writers to recognize the captivating beauty of the high desert, he also promoted a view of the desert as barren wasteland—a complex approach that produced a dual vision of the land that remains dominant today. However, while Twain helped to shape impressions of the Nevada landscape, the Nevada desert also helped to shape the writer Twain would become.

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《内华达制造:马克·吐温和地方的文学遗产》

摘要:在这篇个人文章中，环境幽默作家迈克尔·p·布兰奇探讨了马克·吐温在其1872年的著作《荒野》中对大盆地沙漠自然环境的影响。虽然吐温是最早认识到高原沙漠迷人之美的作家之一，但他也推广了一种将沙漠视为贫瘠荒地的观点——这种复杂的方法产生了对土地的双重看法，至今仍占主导地位。然而，当马克·吐温塑造了人们对内华达风景的印象时，内华达沙漠也塑造了马克·吐温日后成为的作家。

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Mark Twain Annual LITERATURE, AMERICAN-

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0.40

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期刊介绍： The Mark Twain Annual publishes articles related to Mark Twain and those who surrounded him and serves as an outlet for new scholarship as well as new pedagogical approaches. It is the official publication of the Mark Twain Circle of America, an international association of people interested in the life and work of Mark Twain. The Circle encourages interest in Mark Twain and fosters the formal presentation of ideas about the author and his work, as well as the informal exchange of information among its members.

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