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Author : R. Kent Rasmussen
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1140 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (119 download)
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:
Author : R. Kent Rasmussen
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1438108524
Total Pages : 1159 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (381 download)
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!
Author : R. Kent Rasmussen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780816053988
Total Pages : 1140 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (539 download)
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.
Author : Susan Farrell
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 143810023X
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (381 download)
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.
Author : A. Nicholas Fargnoli
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1438108486
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (381 download)
Download or read book Critical Companion to James Joyce written by A. Nicholas Fargnoli and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the life and writings of James Joyce, including a biographical sketch, detailed synopses of his works, social and historical influences, and more.
Author : Peter Messent
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119045398
Total Pages : 597 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)
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
Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520398114
Total Pages : 868 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)
Download or read book Pudd'nhead Wilson written by Mark Twain and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2024-04-30 with total page 868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This critical edition publishes—for the first time anywhere—the original manuscript and revised versions of Pudd’nhead Wilson. Mark Twain's story of the antebellum South, first published in 1894, continues to prompt conversations about race and the dire legacy of American slavery. At its heart is Roxy, a mixed-race woman enslaved to a wealthy Missouri family. To save her infant son (whose father was white) from being "sold down the river," Roxy switches him in the cradle with her master's son, setting in motion a train of ironic and bitter events. With its mixture of farce, social commentary, tragedy, and satire, Pudd'nhead Wilson has come to be one of Mark Twain's most-read and most-studied works. But few have read the original Pudd'nhead Wilson. The text familiar since 1894, as editor Benjamin Griffin shows, was heavily edited and censored—first by the author himself under pressure from family and friends, then by his publishers. Now the Mark Twain Project makes available the full text of the Morgan Library manuscript (the original version), together with a critical text of the revised version, stripped of the changes imposed by Mark Twain's editors and publishers—two fascinating ways to encounter this troubled and troubling novel.
Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440657580
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (46 download)
Download or read book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn written by Mark Twain and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-09-30 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of all the contenders for the title of The Great American Novel, none has a better claim than The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Intended at first as a simple story of a boy's adventures in the Mississippi Valley ”a sequel to Tom Sawyer” the book grew and matured under Twain's hand into a work of immeasurable richness and complexity. More than a century after its publication, the critical debate over the symbolic significance of Huck's and Jim's voyage is still fresh, and it remains a major work that can be enjoyed at many levels: as an incomparable adventure story and as a classic of American humor. Enriched eBook Features Editor R. Kent Rasmussen provides the following specially commissioned features for this Enriched eBook Classic: * Chronology * Filmography and Stills from the 1920 Silent Film Huckleberry Film * Contemporary Reviews of Huckleberry Finn * Further Reading * Online Mark Twain Resources and Places to Visit * Photos of Mark Twain Sites and First Edition Frontispiece * Selection of E.W. Kemble’s Illustrations for the First Edition of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and John Harley’s Illustrations for the First Edition of Life on the Mississippi * Enriched eBook Notes The enriched eBook format invites readers to go beyond the pages of these beloved works and gain more insight into the life and times of an author and the period in which the book was originally written for a rich reading experience.
Author : Forrest G. Robinson
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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (133 download)
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Mark Twain written by Forrest G. Robinson and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 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.
Author : Astrid Ensslin
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000902455
Total Pages : 817 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)
Download or read book The Routledge Companion to Literary Media written by Astrid Ensslin and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-08-30 with total page 817 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Companion to Literary Media examines the fast-moving present and future of a media ecosystem in which the literary continues to play a vital role. The term ‘literary media’ challenges the tendency to hold the two terms distinct and broadens accepted usage of the literary to include popular cultural forms, emerging technologies and taste cultures, genres, and platforms, as well as traditions and audiences all too often excluded from literary histories and canons. Featuring contributions from leading international scholars and practitioners, the Companion provides a comprehensive guide to existing terms and theories that address the alignment of literature and a variety of media forms. It situates the concept in relation to existing theories and histographies; considers emerging genres and forms such as locative narratives and autofiction; and expands discussion beyond the boundaries by which literary authorship is conventionally defined. Contributors also examine specific production and publishing contexts to provide in-depth analysis of the promotion of literary media materials. The volume further considers reading and other aspects of situated audience engagement, such as Indigenous and oral storytelling, prize and review cultures, book clubs, children, and young adults. This authoritative collection is an invaluable resource for scholars and students working at the intersection of literary and media studies.
Author : R. Kent Rasmussen
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 588 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Mark Twain A to Z written by R. Kent Rasmussen and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1996 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mark Twain A to Z features more than 1,200 entries which provide detailed character analyses and plot summaries of all of Twain's works, thousands of precise chapter citations and cross-references to related subjects, and biographies of the people whom he knew and events that affected his life. 130+ illustrations.
Author : Wikipedia contributors
Publisher : e-artnow sro
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1846 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Focus On: 100 Most Popular American Autobiographers written by Wikipedia contributors and published by e-artnow sro. This book was released on with total page 1846 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Abby H. P. Werlock
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 143812743X
Total Pages : 859 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (381 download)
Download or read book Companion to Literature written by Abby H. P. Werlock and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 859 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for the previous edition:Booklist/RBB "Twenty Best Bets for Student Researchers"RUSA/ALA "Outstanding Reference Source"" ... useful ... Recommended for public libraries and undergraduates."
Author : Colum Kenny
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
ISBN 13 : 0826273203
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (262 download)
Download or read book An Irish-American Odyssey written by Colum Kenny and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2014-08-22 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The O’Shaughnessy brothers’ story takes place between 1860 and 1950 in Illinois, Missouri, New York, and Ireland. They were the children of an impoverished immigrant who fled the famine in Ireland and his Irish-American wife.An Irish-American Odysseyis the tale of this first-generation immigrant family’s struggle to assimilate into American society, highlighting their perseverance and determination to seize opportunities and surmount obstacles, all the while establishing a legacy for their own descendants in American art, advertising, journalism, and public service. TIME magazine called James O’Shaughnessy “the best in the business” of advertising, and he became the first chief executive of the American Association of Advertising Agencies. Earlier, he was a “star” reporter at the Chicago Tribune, and James and Francis were centrally involved in founding and maintaining the Irish Fellowship Club. Francis was also the first graduate of the University of Notre Dame to be invited to deliver its annual commencement address, while Martin was the first captain of Notre Dame’s official basketball team. An attorney, John represented the alleged victim in a notorious “white slavery” case. Thomas (“Gus”) became the leading Gaelic Revival artist in America as well as a promoter of Italian-American heritage, campaigning successfully to have Columbus Day enacted a public holiday. The remarkable rise of the O’Shaughnessy brothers proves the American dream is attainable.
Author : Alan Goldman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442261722
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)
Download or read book Mark Twain and Philosophy written by Alan Goldman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-10-15 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mark Twain, the “Father of American Literature,” and renowned humorist, satirist, and commentator on humanity and American life, is best known for his classic, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Twain’s body of work, however, is expansive; from Adventures of Tom Sawyer and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court to the travelogue The Innocents Abroad and essays on human nature, religion, science, and literature, no aspect of life is left untouched by Twain. His portrayal of American life, ripe with the contradictions of America’s ideals and its actual practices, as well as his characters, at once fantastical and completely human, provide a window onto humanity and social life. As the third book in the Great Authors and Philosophy series, Mark Twain and Philosophy reveals deeper issues raised by Twain’s work and speaks to his continued relevance as a social commentator interrogating issues fundamental to our lives. From slavery, freedom, and human rights, to science, parapsychology, and religion, this book exposes how Twain’s body of work touches every corner of human experience.
Author : Richard Seymour
Publisher : Haymarket Books
ISBN 13 : 1608461416
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (84 download)
Download or read book American Insurgents written by Richard Seymour and published by Haymarket Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Mark Twain to the movement against the war in Vietnam, this is the story of ordinary Americans challenging empire.
Author : Kevin Mac Donnell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1474223117
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (742 download)
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 345 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.
