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American writers in Istanbul : Melville, Twain, Hemingway, Dos Passos, Bowles, Algren, Baldwin, and Settle

Title
American writers in Istanbul : Melville, Twain, Hemingway, Dos Passos, Bowles, Algren, Baldwin, and Settle / Kim Fortuny ; with a foreword by Roger Allen.
Author
Fortuny, Kim.
Publication
Syracuse : Syracuse University Press, 2009.

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Description
xxx, 260 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Dos Passos, John R. 1844-1917 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Settle, Mary Lee > Criticism and interpretation
  • Authors, American > Homes and haunts > Turkey > Istanbul
  • Americans > Turkey > Istanbul > Intellectual life
  • Literature and society > Turkey > Istanbul
  • American literature > Turkic influences
  • Istanbul (Turkey) > In literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Herman Melville in Istanbul: Ishmael, urban naturalist -- Mark Twain in Istanbul: a liability abroad -- Dispatches from Constantinople: Ernest Hemingway on the Greco-Turkish War -- Orient express: John Dos Passos, American socialism, and the War of Independence in Turkey -- Paul Bowles in Istanbul: the perils of forced hybridization -- "Dearest flower of Istanbul": Nelson Algren, Simone de Beauvoir, and Who lost an American? -- James Baldwin on the nation of Islam: a letter from Istanbul -- Mary Lee Settle's Turkish reflections: past and present recognitions.
Call Number
JFE 10-1422
ISBN
  • 9780815632368 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0815632363 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2009041239
OCLC
YBP 2009041239
Author
Fortuny, Kim.
Title
American writers in Istanbul : Melville, Twain, Hemingway, Dos Passos, Bowles, Algren, Baldwin, and Settle / Kim Fortuny ; with a foreword by Roger Allen.
Imprint
Syracuse : Syracuse University Press, 2009.
Edition
1st ed.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 10-1422
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