LITTRANS 204 Lecture 6: LITTRANS204 - Lecture 6 - The Gentlemen from San Fransisco and We
7 Feb 2017
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Littrans204 - lecture 6 - the gentleman from san francisco and we (1/30/17) Name lost among great poets and writers of his time. Recognized for prose and short stories before the russian civil war. Mostly realist stories focused on general russian life. Based before world war i - the gentleman easily travels around europe and reads in a newspaper about the war in the balkans indicating he was traveling before wwi. American perception of europe with an expectation already set and ready to spend money to feel upper class. The gentleman is 58 years old, which is old for the 1910"s. Takes daughter to see if she can find a potential mate due to her being close to her 20"s. The descriptions of the ship develops a symbol of society and their celebration of toil and achievement. The europe he travels to doesn"t meet his expectations.
