The Cambridge companion to Mark Twain / edited by Forrest G. Robinson.

Contributor(s):

Robinson, Forrest G. (Forrest Glen), 1940-

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Cambridge companions to literaturePublication details: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995.Description: xix, 258 p. ; 23 cmISBN:

052144036X
0521445930 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

818/.409 20

LOC classification:

PS1338 .C36 1995

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Contents:

Contenido : Preface Chronology of Mark Twain's Life Mark Twain as an American Icon – Louis J. Budd The Innocent at Large: Mark Twain's Travel Writing – Forrest G. Robinson Mark Twain and Women – Shelley Fisher Fishkin Mark Twain's Civil War: Humor's Reconstructive Writing – Neil Schmitz Banned in Concord: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Classic American Literature – Myra Jehlen Black Critics and Mark Twain – David Lionel Smith Mr. Clemens and Jim Crow: Twain, Race, and Blackface – Eric Lott Speech Acts and Social Action: Mark Twain and the Politics of Literary Performance – Evan Carton How the Boss Played the Game: Twain's Critique of Imperialism in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court – John Carlos Rowe Mark Twain's Travels in the Racial Occult: Following the Equator and the Dream Tales – Susan Gillman Mark Twain's Theology: The Gods of a Brevet Presbyterian – Stanley Brodwin Further Reading Index

Summary: This companion volume offers new and thought-provoking essays on an author of enduring preeminence in the American canon. Accessible enough to interest both experienced specialists and students new to Twain criticism, the essays examine Twain from a wide variety of critical perspectives, including timely reflections on the dynamics of race and slavery perceptible throughout his writing. The volume includes a chronology of Twain's life and a list of suggestions for further reading, providing students and general readers with sources for background and additional information.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Automatización y Procesos Técnicos	Automatización y Procesos Técnicos (1er. Piso)	PS1338 .C36 1995 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000193340

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-250) and index.

Contenido : Preface

Chronology of Mark Twain's Life

Mark Twain as an American Icon – Louis J. Budd

The Innocent at Large: Mark Twain's Travel Writing – Forrest G. Robinson

Mark Twain and Women – Shelley Fisher Fishkin

Mark Twain's Civil War: Humor's Reconstructive Writing – Neil Schmitz

Banned in Concord: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Classic American Literature – Myra Jehlen

Black Critics and Mark Twain – David Lionel Smith

Mr. Clemens and Jim Crow: Twain, Race, and Blackface – Eric Lott

Speech Acts and Social Action: Mark Twain and the Politics of Literary Performance – Evan Carton

How the Boss Played the Game: Twain's Critique of Imperialism in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court – John Carlos Rowe

Mark Twain's Travels in the Racial Occult: Following the Equator and the Dream Tales – Susan Gillman

Mark Twain's Theology: The Gods of a Brevet Presbyterian – Stanley Brodwin

Further Reading

Index

This companion volume offers new and thought-provoking essays on an author of enduring preeminence in the American canon. Accessible enough to interest both experienced specialists and students new to Twain criticism, the essays examine Twain from a wide variety of critical perspectives, including timely reflections on the dynamics of race and slavery perceptible throughout his writing. The volume includes a chronology of Twain's life and a list of suggestions for further reading, providing students and general readers with sources for background and additional information.

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