Humourist David Sedaris once said, Living in a foreign country is one of those things that everyone should try at least once. For many American writers, living abroad has been a necessary task to finding the freedom, identity, and perspective that the United States has failed to offer.

Writers profiled and analysed in this volume include Henry James, Ezra Pound, James Baldwin, Richard Wright, and members of the Lost Generation such as Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, and T.S. Eliot.

Each essay is 2,500 to 5,000 words in length, and all essays conclude with a list of Works Cited , along with endnotes. Finally, the volume’s appendices offer a section of useful reference resources.