A Companion To Mark Twain

Author : Peter Messent
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119045398
Total Pages : 597 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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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 : Forrest G. Robinson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521445931
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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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.

Author : R. Kent Rasmussen
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1438108524
Total Pages : 1159 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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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 : Peter B. Messent
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781782686156
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Companion to Mark Twain written by Peter B. Messent and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 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.

Author : David E. E. Sloane
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780807104606
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mark Twain as a Literary Comedian written by David E. E. Sloane and published by . This book was released on 1979-01-01 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : R. Kent Rasmussen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1140 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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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 : Mark Twain
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520271521
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mark Twain’s Book of Animals written by Mark Twain and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For those unaware—as I was until I read this book—that Mark Twain was one of America's early animal advocates, Shelley Fisher Fishkin's collection of his writings on animals will come as a revelation. Many of these pieces are as fresh and lively as when they were first written, and it's wonderful to have them gathered in one place." —Peter Singer, author of Animal Liberation and The Life You Can Save “A truly exhilarating work. Mark Twain's animal-friendly views would not be out of place today, and indeed, in certain respects, Twain is still ahead of us: claiming, correctly, that there are certain degraded practices that only humans inflict on one another and upon other animals. Fishkin has done a splendid job: I cannot remember reading something so consistently excellent."—Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, author of When Elephants Weep and The Face on Your Plate "Shelley Fisher Fishkin has given us the lifelong arc of the great man's antic, hilarious, and subtly profound explorations of the animal world, and she's guided us through it with her own trademark wit and acumen. Dogged if she hasn't." —Ron Powers, author of Dangerous Water: A Biography of the Boy Who Became Mark Twain and Mark Twain: A Life

Author : Mark Twain
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Writings of Mark Twain: The adventures of Huckleberry Finn written by Mark Twain and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David E. Sloane
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313007098
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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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.

Author : David E. Sloane
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 : 0313312192
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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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.