000347597 000__ 02409cam\a2200325\a\4500 000347597 001__ 347597 000347597 005__ 20210513125022.0 000347597 008__ 040210s2004\\\\nyua\\\\\b\\\\001\0beng\\ 000347597 010__ $$a 2004003034 000347597 019__ $$a56640733 000347597 020__ $$a9780195170191 (alk. paper) 000347597 020__ $$a0195170199 (alk. paper) 000347597 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocm54416085 000347597 040__ $$aDLC$$beng$$cDLC$$dYDX$$dYBM$$dOBE$$dUKM$$dBAKER$$dNLGGC$$dBTCTA$$dYDXCP$$dOCLCG$$dNIALS$$dUBC$$dGEBAY$$dOCLCQ 000347597 043__ $$an-us--- 000347597 049__ $$aISEA 000347597 05000 $$aPS1331$$b.Z54 2004 000347597 08200 $$a818/.409$$222 000347597 1001_ $$aZiff, Larzer,$$d1927- 000347597 24510 $$aMark Twain /$$cLarzer Ziff. 000347597 260__ $$aNew York :$$bOxford University Press,$$c2004. 000347597 300__ $$a126 p. :$$bill. ;$$c23 cm. 000347597 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000347597 5050_ $$aCelebrity -- Tourist -- Novelist -- Humorist. 000347597 5201_ $$a"Mark Twain emerges in this book as something of a paradox. His humor made him rich and famous, but he was unhappy with the role of humorist. He satirized the rapacious economic practices of his society, yet was caught up in those very practices himself. He was a literary genius who revolutionized the national literature, yet was unable to resist whatever quirky notion or joke that crossed his mind, often straying from his plot or contradicting his theme. Ziff offers an account of Twain's early years, explores all his major fiction, and concludes with a consideration of his craftsmanship and his strength as a cultural critic. He offers insight into Twain's travel writings, providing for example an account of Following the Equator, perhaps Twain's most underrated work. Throughout the book, Ziff examines Twain's writings in light of the literary cultures of his day - from frontier humorists to Matthew Arnold - and of parallel literary works of his time - comparing, for example, A Connecticut Yankee with major utopian works of the same decade. Thus the book is both a work of literary criticism and of cultural history."--Jacket. 000347597 60010 $$aTwain, Mark,$$d1835-1910. 000347597 650_0 $$aAuthors, American$$y19th century$$vBiography. 000347597 85200 $$bgen$$hPS1331$$i.Z54$$i2004 000347597 85641 $$3Table of contents only$$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0415/2004003034.html 000347597 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0616/2004003034-d.html 000347597 85642 $$3Contributor biographical information$$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0723/2004003034-b.html 000347597 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:347597$$pGLOBAL_SET 000347597 980__ $$aBIB 000347597 980__ $$aBOOK