Realistic Style and the Problem of Context in "The Innocents Abroad" and "Roughing It"

Mark Twain's “Spatial Play”:Venice and the Holy Land inThe Innocents Abroad

“…Ever since its publication in 1869, The Innocents Abroad has, on the one hand, been hailed as Twain's “record of a world‐ranging venture into life and art that served decisively to launch [its] author on the great central phase of his career,” as well as a work which “lasted a century as the most popular travel book ever written by an American” (Beidler 33; Michelson 385). At the same time, it has evoked hostile criticism on the basis of its irreverence, bold generic experimentation, narrative stance, and organizational structure—in particular, the confusion resulting from the multiple narrative personas adopted by Twain the narrator.…”