Americans in Paris: A Literary Anthology: A Library of America Special Publicati

Description: Americans in Paris: A Literary Anthology by Adam Gopnik Including stories, letters, memoirs, and journalism, "Americans in Paris" distills three centuries of vigorous, glittering, and powerfully emotional writing about the place that Henry James called "the most brilliant city in the world." FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description From the earliest years of the American republic, Paris has provoked an extraordinary American literary response. An almost inevitable destination for writers and thinkers, Paris has been many things to many Americans- a tradition-bound bastion of the old world of Europe; a hotbed of revolutionary ideologies in politics and art; and a space in which to cultivate an openness to life and love thought impossible at home. Including stories, letters, memoirs, and reporting,Americans in Parisdistills three centuries of vigorous, glittering, and powerfully emotional writing about the place that Henry James called "the most brilliant city in the world."American writers came to Paris as statesmen, soldiers, students, tourists, and sometimes they stayed as expatriates. This anthology ranges from the crucial early impressions of Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin to the latter-day reflections of writers as varied as James Baldwin, Isadora Duncan, and Jack Kerouac. Along the way we encounter the energetic travelers of the nineteenth century-Emerson, Mark Twain, Henry James-and the pilgrims of the twentieth- Gertrude Stein, F. Scott Fitzgerald, E. E. Cummings, Cole Porter, Henry Miller. Come along as Thomas Paine takes a direct and dangerous part in the French Revolution; Harriet Beecher Stowe tours the Louvre; Theodore Dreiser samples the sensual enticements of Parisian nightlife; Edith Wharton movingly describes Paris in the early days of World War I; John Dos Passos charts the gathering political storms of the 1930s; Paul Zweig recalls the intertwined pleasures of language and sex; and A.J. Liebling savors the memory of his culinary education in delicious detail.Americans in Parisis a diverse and constantly engaging mosaic, full of revealing cultural gulfs and misunderstandings, personal and literary experimentation, and profound moments of self-discovery. Author Biography Adam Gopnikis a staff writer at The New Yorker and author of the best-sellingParis to the Moon.He lived in Paris with his family from 1995 to 2000, where he wrote the magazines "Paris Journal," which led the French newspaperLe Mondeto call him a "witty and Voltairean commentator on French life." His writing has won the National Magazine Award for Essays and Criticism and the George Polk Award for Magazine Reporting. Details ISBN1931082561 Pages 650 Language English ISBN-10 1931082561 ISBN-13 9781931082563 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 2004 Author Adam Gopnik Short Title LIAM AMER IN PARIS A LITERARY Series Library of America (Hardcover) Imprint The Library of America Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States DOI 10.1604/9781931082563 US Release Date 2004-03-30 UK Release Date 2004-03-30 Subtitle A Library of America Special Publication Publisher The Library of America Publication Date 2004-03-30 DEWEY 810.803244361 Audience General NZ Release Date 2004-03-29 AU Release Date 2004-03-29 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:137803592;

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