Paris in American Literatures

Edited by Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera and Vamsi K. Koneru

This collection brings together new perspectives on the novels, memoirs, poetry, and journalism concerning Paris written by Americans. By examining the implications of foreignness as a creative device, this volume offer an innovative approach to understanding the role of the French capital in American Literatures, one that would be compelling for the literary scholar and the avid reader.

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction On Distance as a Literary Resource, Jeffrey Herlihy and Vamsi K. KoneruChapter 1 Emerson in Paris, C.R. ResetaritsChapter 2 Je l'ai dans mon sang!-Paris in Edith Wharton's Madame de Treymes, Marta Miquel-BaldellouChapter 3Forget Paris: Sherwood Anderson and the American Expatriate Grotesque, Carl MillerChapter 4 From Dada to Nada: The Dadaist Influence on Hemingway's Works Between1922-1926, Jonathan AustadChapter 5 The Nightinghouls of Paris: Robert McAlmon's Queer Paternalism andThe Twilight of the Expatriate Movement, Chase DimockChapter 6 Miller's Henry and Henry's Paris, Katy MasugaChapter 7Chicago Adventures in Paris: Foreignness and Saul Bellow's CreativeOpposition, Matthew CroweChapter 8 The Road to Paris in Tim O'Brien's Going After Cacciato, Nanette NorrisChapter 9"What Keeps you here?": Paris, Language, and Exile in The Book of Salt by Monique Truong, Daniela FargioneEpilogue: The Futures of American Paris, Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera and Vamsi K. KoneruIndexNotes on Contributors