Mark Twain in context / edited by John Bird.
Bird, John, 1954- editor.
2020
PS1338 .M296 2020 (Mapit)
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Title
Mark Twain in context / edited by John Bird.
ISBN
9781108472609 (hardcover)
1108472605 (hardcover)
9781108617208 (electronic book)
Published
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Language
English
Description
xxxi, 392 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Call Number
PS1338 .M296 2020
Dewey Decimal Classification
818/.409
Summary
"Mark Twain In Context will provide the fullest introduction in one volume to the multifaceted life and times of one of the most celebrated American writers. It is a collection of short, lively contributions covering a wide range of topics on Twain's life and works. Twain lived during a time of great change, upheaval, progress, and challenge. He rose from obscurity to become what some have called 'the most recognizable person on the planet.' Beyond his contributions to literature, which were hugely important and influential, he was a businessman, an inventor, an advocate for social and political change, and ultimately a cultural icon. Placing his life and work in the context of his age reveals much about both Mark Twain and America in the last half of the nineteenth century, the twentieth century, and the first decades of the twenty-first century"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Bird, John, 1954- editor.
Series
Literature in context (Cambridge University Press)
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Mark Twain in context.
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Life / Gary Scharnhorst
Reading / Alan Gribben
Autobiography / John Bird
Biographies / Kevin Mac Donnell
Southwestern humor / Henry B. Wonham
Literary comedians / David E.E. Sloane
Local color and regionalism / Joseph A. Alvarez
Early periodical writing / James Caron
Travel writing / Jeffrey Melton
Short fiction / Peter Messent
Publishing / Bruce Michelson
Lectures and speeches / Tracy Wuster
Contemporary writers / Kelly Richardson
Realism and naturalism / Chad Rohman
Politics / James S. Leonard
Business and economics / Lawrence Howe
Religion / Harold K. Bush
Science and technology / Nathaniel Williams
Race and ethnicity : African Americans / Shelley Fisher Fishkin
Race and ethnicity : Native Americans / Kerry Driscoll
Race and ethnicity : Chinese / Hsuan L. Hsu
Cosmopolitanism / Ann M. Ryan
Gender issues : women and domesticity / Laura Skandera-Trombley
Gender issues : sexuality / Linda A. Morris
History / Gregg Camfield
Animals and animal rights / Emily VanDette
Nationalism and anti-imperialism / Susan K. Harris
Philosophy / James Wharton Leonard
Contemporary and early reception and criticism (to 1960) / Joe B. Fulton
Reception and criticism (1960-present) / Joseph Csicsila
Translation and international reception / Selina Lai-Henderson
Film, television, and theater adaptations / R. Kent Rasmussen
Copyright, trademark, and brand / Judith Yaross Lee
Mark Twain sites / Hillary Iris Lowe.

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