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Book Synopsis Critical Companion to Mark Twain by : R. Kent Rasmussen
Download or read book Critical Companion to Mark Twain written by R. Kent Rasmussen and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 1159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for the previous edition:RASD/ALA "Outstanding Reference Source, 1996""'Essential' is the word for it!
Book Synopsis Critical companion to Mark Twain : a literary reference to his life and work. 2 by : R. Kent Rasmussen
Download or read book Critical companion to Mark Twain : a literary reference to his life and work. 2 written by R. Kent Rasmussen and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 1140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Critical Companion to Mark Twain: Part III : Related people, places, and topics ; Part IV : Appendices by : R. Kent Rasmussen
Download or read book Critical Companion to Mark Twain: Part III : Related people, places, and topics ; Part IV : Appendices written by R. Kent Rasmussen and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 1140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The creator of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain has long been regarded as the quintessential American writer. Critical Companion to Mark Twain, an updated and expanded edition of the award-winning Mark Twain A to Z, is the essential reference to Mark Twain's life and writings. All new to this two-volume edition are more than 30 extensive critical analyses on Mark Twain's most important works and a concise biography of Mark Twain. In addition, there are more than 350 completely new entries, several new appendixes and maps, and more than 100 new illustrations. Original entries have been updated and expanded to incorporate more details and to account for new developments in the field of Mark Twain studies. With more than 150,000 words of new material and a new, student-friendly structure, Critical Companion to Mark Twain is the essential reference for students, librarians, scholars, and fans of Mark Twain. Coverage includes: A concise but comprehensive biography of Mark Twain; Detailed synopses of, and critical commentaries on, all of Mark Twain's major works; Discussions of all the characters and places in Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer and major characters and fictional places in other works; Entries on family, friends, contemporaries, places, publishers, topics, and more; Appendixes, including a glossary of terms used by Mark Twain, a chronology, a bibliography, and much more. - Publisher.
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Mark Twain by : Forrest G. Robinson
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Mark Twain written by Forrest G. Robinson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995-05-26 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cambridge Companion to Mark Twain offers new and thought provoking essays on an author of enduring pre-eminence in the American canon. The book is a collaborative project, assembled by scholars who have played crucial roles in the recent explosion of Twain criticism. Accessible enough to interest both experienced specialists and students new to Twain criticism, the essays examine Twain from a wide variety of critical perspectives, and include timely reflections by major critics on the hotly debated 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, to provide the students or general reader with sources for background as well as additional information.
Book Synopsis Mark Twain A to Z by : R. Kent Rasmussen
Download or read book Mark Twain A to Z written by R. Kent Rasmussen and published by . This book was released on 1995-01 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features synopses of works, character descriptions, biographies of contemporaries, and explanations of literary terms and place names
Book Synopsis A Companion to Mark Twain by : Peter Messent
Download or read book A Companion to Mark Twain written by Peter Messent and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-08-17 with total page 597 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This broad-ranging companion brings together respected American and European critics and a number of up-and-coming scholars to provide an overview of Twain, his background, his writings, and his place in American literary history. One of the most broad-ranging volumes to appear on Mark Twain in recent years Brings together respected Twain critics and a number of younger scholars in the field to provide an overview of this central figure in American literature Places special emphasis on the ways in which Twain's works remain both relevant and important for a twenty-first century audience A concluding essay evaluates the changing landscape of Twain criticism
Book Synopsis A Companion to Mark Twain by : Peter Messent
Download or read book A Companion to Mark Twain written by Peter Messent and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This broad-ranging companion brings together respected American and European critics and a number of up-and-coming scholars to provide an overview of Twain, his background, his writings, and his place in American literary history. One of the most broad-ranging volumes to appear on Mark Twain in recent years Brings together respected Twain critics and a number of younger scholars in the field to provide an overview of this central figure in American literature Places special emphasis on the ways in which Twain's works remain both relevant and important for a twenty-first century audience A concluding essay evaluates the changing landscape of Twain criticism
Book Synopsis Critical Companion to Kurt Vonnegut by : Susan Farrell
Download or read book Critical Companion to Kurt Vonnegut written by Susan Farrell and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kurt Vonnegut is one of the most popular and admired authors of post-war American literaturefamous both for his playful and deceptively simple style as well as for his scathing critiques of social injustice and war. Criti.
Book Synopsis Readings on Mark Twain by : Katie De Koster
Download or read book Readings on Mark Twain written by Katie De Koster and published by Greenhaven Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays written between 1889 and 1993 on Mark Twain and his works, includes a chronology on his life and his career as well as of concurrent historical events.
Book Synopsis Student Companion to Mark Twain by : David E. Sloane
Download or read book Student Companion to Mark Twain written by David E. Sloane and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2001-06-30 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mark Twain's legacy is an extensive canon of writings that includes some of the most widely read, staged, debated, reinterpreted, and filmed works ever. This introductory critical study helps students and general readers appreciate the myriad perspectives of the man, his life, and his contributions to American literature. A fresh biographical account traces Twain's colorful life through his varied careers and adventures, to his rise to national prominence as a writer of short stories, to the creation of masterpieces like Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Also examined are the thematic concerns, plot structure, character development, and historical background in the travel narratives, a selection of short stories, and Twain's novels. A lively biographical chapter is followed by a section on Mark Twain's career and contributions to American literature, which situates Twain within the traditions of American humor writings. A selection of Twain's early short stories and sketches are examined, followed by the personal travel narratives. A full chapter on each of the five novels examines their important literary components, and also offers alternative critical perspectives. The final chapter surveys short writings from Twain's later years. A select bibliography cites sources for all of Twain's works, with numerous contemporary reviews, and general criticism of individual and collected works. As a scholar of Twain's writings and of American humor, David Sloane's insightful analysis illuminates how Mark Twain managed to fuse his irreverent humor with his deep seated concerns about humanity.
Book Synopsis Student Companion to Mark Twain by : David E. Sloane
Download or read book Student Companion to Mark Twain written by David E. Sloane and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2001-06-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This critical study allows students and general readers to appreciate the myriad perspectives of the man, his life, and his contributions to American literature. A fresh biographical account traces Twain's colorful life through his varied careers and adventures to his rise to national prominence as a writer of short stories, to the creation of masterpieces like Adventure of Huckleberry Finn.
Download or read book Dear Mark Twain written by Mark Twain and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2013-04-21 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects two hundred letters from readers of Mark Twain to the author himself, offering a glimpse into the lives and sensibilites of nineteenth-century children, preachers, con artists, inmates, and other fans of the author's work.
Book Synopsis A Companion to Mark Twain by : Peter Messent
Download or read book A Companion to Mark Twain written by Peter Messent and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This broad-ranging companion brings together respected American and European critics and a number of up-and-coming scholars to provide an overview of Twain, his background, his writings, and his place in American literary history. One of the most broad-ranging volumes to appear on Mark Twain in recent years. Brings together respected Twain critics and a number of younger scholars in the field to provide an overview of this central figure in American literature. Places special emphasis on the ways in which Twain's works remain both relevant and important for a twenty-first century.
Book Synopsis Mark Twain and Youth by : Kevin Mac Donnell
Download or read book Mark Twain and Youth written by Kevin Mac Donnell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-07-28 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the greatest American authors, Mark Twain holds a special position not only as a distinctly American cultural icon but also as a preeminent portrayer of youth. His famous writings about children and youthful themes are central to both his work and his popularity. The distinguished contributors to Mark Twain and Youth make Twain even more accessible to modern readers by fully exploring youth themes in both his life and his extensive writings. The volume's twenty-six original essays offer new perspectives on such important subjects as Twain's boyhood; his relationships with his siblings and his own children; his attitudes toward aging, gender roles, and slavery; the marketing, reception, teaching, and adaptation of his works; and youth themes in his individual novels--Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Prince and the Pauper, Pudd'nhead Wilson, and Joan of Arc. The book also includes a revealing foreword by actor Hal Holbrook, who has performed longer as "Mark Twain†? than Samuel Clemens himself did. The book includes contributions by: Lawrence Berkove, John Bird, Jocelyn A. Chadwick, Joseph Csicsila, Hugh H. Davis, Mark Dawidziak, Shelley Fisher Fishkin, James Golden, Alan Gribben, Benjamin Griffin, Ronald Jenn, Holger Kersten, Andrew Levy, Cindy Lovell, Karen Lystra, Debra Ann MacComb, Peter Messent, Linda A. Morris, K. Patrick Ober, John R. Pascal, Lucy E. Rollin, Barbara Schmidt, David E. E. Sloane, Henry Sweets, Wendelinus Wurth.
Download or read book A Tramp Abroad written by Mark Twain and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details Mark Twain's journey through central and southern Europe, including Germany, the Alps, and Italy.
Book Synopsis Mark Twain, Culture and Gender by : J. D. Stahl
Download or read book Mark Twain, Culture and Gender written by J. D. Stahl and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Often regarded as the quintessential American author, Mark Twain in fact mined his knowledge and experience of Europe as assiduously as he did his adventures on the Mississippi and in the American West. In this challenging and original study, J. D. Stall looks closely at various Twain works with European settings and traces the manner in which the great writer redefined European notions of class into American concepts of gender, identity, and society. Stahl not only examines such famous writings as The Innocents Abroad, The Prince and the Pauper, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, and the "Mysterious Stranger" manuscripts but also treats a number of neglected works, including 1601, "A Memorable Midnight Experience", and Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc. In these writings, Stahl shows, Twain utilized the terms and symbols of European society and history to express his deepest concerns involving father–son relationships, the legitimation of parentage, female political and sexual power, the victimization of "good" women, and, ultimately, the desire to bridge or even destroy the barriers between the sexes. The "exoticism" of foreign culture—with its kings and queens, priests, and aristocrats—furnished Twain with some especially potent images of power, authority, and tradition. These images, Stahl argues, were "plastic material in Mark Twain's hands", enabling the writer to explore the uncertainties and ambiguities of gender in America: what it meant to be a man in Victorian America; what Twain thought it meant to be a woman; how men and women did, could, and should relate to each other. Stahl's approach yields a wealth of fresh insights into Twain's work. In discussing The Innocents Abroad, for example, he analyzes the emergence of the "Mark Twain" persona as part of a quest for cultural authority that often took the form of sexual role-playing. He also demonstrates that The Prince and the Pauper, even more strikingly than Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, embodies the writer's central myth of orphaned sons searching for surrogate fathers. His reading of A Connecticut Yankee is a tour de force, uncovering the psychological contradictions in Twain's political aspirations toward democratic equality. Stahl's book is an important contribution to literary scholarship, informed by psychology, gender study, cultural theory, and traditional Twain criticism. It confirms Mark Twain's debt to European culture even as it illuminates his re-envisioning of that culture in his own uniquely American way.
Download or read book Mark Twain written by Henry Nash Smith and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1963 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many prominent writers and critics have contributed to this collection of essays, many of which deal with individual works by Twain.
