Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : American literature
ISBN : UOM:39015011317727
The Mark Twain Quarterly
Anonim
The Mark Twain Quarterly
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The Mark Twain Quarterly
Anonim
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1951
Category : American literature
ISBN : UOM:39015011317735
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Mark Twain Quarterly
Anonim
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:B3301835
Mark Twain Quarterly by Anonim Pdf
Mark Twain Quarterly
Cyril Clemens
Author : Cyril Clemens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : American literature
ISBN : UCLA:31158011233672
Mark Twain Quarterly by Cyril Clemens Pdf
Mark Twain, A Literary Life
Everett Emerson
Author : Everett Emerson
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781512821550
Mark Twain, A Literary Life by Everett Emerson Pdf
Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title "Mark Twain endures. Readers sense his humanity, enjoy his humor, and appreciate his insights into human nature, even into such painful experiences as embarrassment and humiliation. No matter how remarkable the life of Samuel Clemens was, what matters most is the relationship of Mark Twain the writer and his writings. That is the subject of this book."—from the Preface In Mark Twain, A Literary Life, Everett Emerson revisits one of America's greatest and most popular writers to explore the relationship between the life of the writer and his writings. The assumption throughout is that to see Mark Twain's writings in focus, one must give proper attention to their biographical context. Mark Twain's literary career is fascinating in its strangeness. How could this genius have had so little sense of what he should next do? As a young man, Samuel Clemens's first vocation, that of journeyman printer, took him far from home to the sights of New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, while his next vocation would give him the identity by which we most frequently know him. His choice of "Mark Twain" as a pen name cemented his bond with the river, as did such books as Life on the Mississippi and Huckleberry Finn. Then following an unsuccessful try at silver mining, Clemens worked as a newspaperman, humorist, lecturer, but also cultivated an interest in playwriting, politics, and philosophizing. In reporting the author's life, Emerson has endeavored to permit Mark Twain to tell his own story as much as possible, through the use of letters and autobiographical writings, some unpublished. These fascinating glimpses into the life of the writer will be of interest to all who have an abiding affection for Samuel Clemens and his extraordinary legacy.
The Routledge Encyclopedia of Mark Twain
J.R. LeMaster,James D. Wilson
Author : J.R. LeMaster,James D. Wilson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 881 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781135881283
The Routledge Encyclopedia of Mark Twain by J.R. LeMaster,James D. Wilson Pdf
"A model reference work that can be used with profit and delight by general readers as well as by more advanced students of Twain. Highly recommended." - Library Journal The Routledge Encyclopedia of Mark Twain includes more than 700 alphabetically arranged entries that cover a full variety of topics on this major American writer's life, intellectual milieu, literary career, and achievements. Because so much of Twain's travel narratives, essays, letters, sketches, autobiography, journalism and fiction reflect his personal experience, particular attention is given to the delicate relationship between art and life, between artistic interpretations and their factual source. This comprehensive resource includes information on: Twain’s life and times: the author's childhood in Missouri and apprenticeship as a riverboat pilot, early career as a journalist in the West, world travels, friendships with well-known figures, reading and education, family life and career Complete Works: including novels, travel narratives, short stories, sketches, burlesques, and essays Significant characters, places, and landmarks Recurring concerns, themes or concepts: such as humor, language; race, war, religion, politics, imperialism, art and science Twain’s sources and influences. Useful for students, researchers, librarians and teachers, this volume features a chronology, a special appendix section tracking the poet's genealogy, and a thorough index. Each entry also includes a bibliography for further study.
The Mercurial Mark Twain(s)
James L. Machor
Author : James L. Machor
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2023-03-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000814200
The Mercurial Mark Twain(s) by James L. Machor Pdf
Who was Mark Twain? Was he the genial author of two beloved boys books, the white-haired and white-suited avuncular humorist, the realistic novelist, the exposer of shams, the author repressed by bourgeois values, or the social satirist whose later writings embody an increasingly dark view? In light of those and other conceptions, the question we need to ask is not who he was but how did we get so many Mark Twains? The Mercurial Mark Twains(s): Reception History and Iconic Authorship provides answers to that question by examining the way Twain, his texts, and his image have been constructed by his audiences. Drawing on archival records of responses from common readers, reviewer reactions, analyses by Twain scholars and critics, and film and television adaptations, this study provides the first wide-ranging, fine-grained historical analysis of Twain’s reception in both the public and private spheres, from the 1860s until the end of the twentieth century.
Mark Twain
Thomas Asa Tenney
Author : Thomas Asa Tenney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Authors, American
ISBN : 0818679662
Mark Twain by Thomas Asa Tenney Pdf
This reference guide lists all the books, reviews and articles concerning Mark Twain in major bibliographies through 1974.
The Mark Twain Encyclopedia
J. R. LeMaster,James Darrell Wilson,Christie Graves Hamric
Author : J. R. LeMaster,James Darrell Wilson,Christie Graves Hamric
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 952 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Authors, American
ISBN : 082407212X
The Mark Twain Encyclopedia by J. R. LeMaster,James Darrell Wilson,Christie Graves Hamric Pdf
A reference guide to the great American author (1835-1910) for students and general readers. The approximately 740 entries, arranged alphabetically, are essentially a collection of articles, ranging significantly in length and covering a variety of topics pertaining to Twain's life, intellectual milieu, literary career, and achievements. Because so much of Twain's writing reflects Samuel Clemens's personal experience, particular attention is given to the interface between art and life, i.e., between imaginative reconstructions and their factual sources of inspiration. Each entry is accompanied by a selective bibliography to guide readers to sources of additional information. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Mark Twain's Letters, Volume 5
Mark Twain
Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 976 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780520918849
Mark Twain's Letters, Volume 5 by Mark Twain Pdf
"Livy darling, it was flattering, at the Lord Mayor's dinner, tonight, to have the nation's honored favorite, the Lord High Chancellor of England, in his vast wig & gown, with a splendid, sword-bearing lackey, following him & holding up his train, walk me arm-in-arm through the brilliant assemblage, & welcome me with all the enthusiasm of a girl, & tell me that when affairs of state oppress him & he can't sleep, he always has my books at hand & forgets his perplexities in reading them!" (10 November 1872) On his first trip to England to gather material for a book and cement relations with his newly authorized English publishers, Samuel Clemens was astounded to find himself hailed everywhere as a literary lion. America's premier humorist had begun his long tenure as an international celebrity. Meanwhile, he was coming into his full power at home. The Innocents Abroad continued to produce impressive royalties and his new book, Roughing It, was enjoying great popularity. In newspaper columns he appeared regularly as public advocate and conscience, speaking on issues as disparate as safety at sea and political corruption. Clemens's personal life at this time was for the most part fulfilling, although saddened by the loss of his nineteen-month-old son, Langdon, who died of diphtheria. Life in the Nook Farm community of writers and progressive thinkers and activists was proving to be all the Clemenses had hoped for. The 309 letters in this volume, more than half of them never before published, capture the events of these years with detailed intimacy. Thoroughly annotated and indexed, they are supplemented by genealogical charts of the Clemens and Langdon families, a transcription of the journals Clemens kept during his 1872 visit to England, book contracts, his preface to the English edition of The Gilded Age, contemporary photographs of family and friends, and a gathering of all newly discovered letters written between 1865 and 1871. This volume is the fifth in the only complete edition of Mark Twain's letters ever attempted, and the twenty-fourth in the comprehensive edition known as The Mark Twain Papers and Works of Mark Twain.
Mark Twain and Metaphor
John Bird
Author : John Bird
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780826266026
Mark Twain and Metaphor by John Bird Pdf
Metaphor theory, observes John Bird, is like Mark Twain: both seem simple upon first introduction. Now, in the most complete study to date of Twain's use of figurative language, a veteran Twain scholar tackles the core of his writing and explores it with theoretical approaches that have rarely been applied to Twain, providing new insights into how he imagined his world--and the singular ways in which he expressed himself. From "The Jumping Frog" to the late dream narratives, Bird considers Twain's metaphoric construction over his complete career and especially sheds new light on his central texts: Roughing It; The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court; Pudd'nhead Wilson; and No. 44,The Mysterious Stranger. He reconsiders "Old Times on the Mississippi" as the most purely metaphorical of Twain's writings, goes on to look at how Twain used metaphor and talked about it in a variety of works and genres, and even argues that Clemens's pseudonym is not so much an alter ego as a metaphorized self. By offering insight into how Twain handled figurative language during the composing process, Bird reveals not only hidden facets of his artistry but also new aspects of works that we think we know well--including some entirely new ideas regarding Huck Finn that draw on the recent discovery of the first half of the manuscript. In addition to dealing with issues currently central to Twain studies, such as race and gender, he also links metaphor to humor and dream theory to further illuminate topics central to his work. More than a study of Twain's language, the book delves into the psychological aspects of metaphor to reveal the writer's attitudes and thoughts, showing how using metaphor as a guide to Twain reveals much about his composition process. Applying the insights of metaphor theorists such as Roman Jakobson and Colin M. Turbayne, Bird offers readers not only new insights into Twain but also an introduction to this interdisciplinary field. In lively prose, Mark Twain and Metaphor provides a vital way to read Twain's entire corpus, allowing readers to better appreciate his style, humor, and obsession with dreams. It opens new ground and makes old ground fresh again, offering ways to see and resee this essential American writer.
The Cambridge Companion to Mark Twain
Forrest G. Robinson
Author : Forrest G. Robinson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1995-05-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521445930
The Cambridge Companion to Mark Twain by Forrest G. Robinson Pdf
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.
The Reverend Mark Twain
Joe B. Fulton
Author : Joe B. Fulton
Publisher : Ohio State University Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780814210246
The Reverend Mark Twain by Joe B. Fulton Pdf
"I was made in His image," Mark Twain once said, "but have never been mistaken for Him." God may have made Mark Twain in His image, but Twain frequently remade himself by adopting divine personae as part of his literary burlesque. Readers were delighted, rather than fooled, when Twain adopted the image of religious vocation throughout his writing career: Theologian, Missionary, Priest, Preacher, Prophet, Saint, Brother Twain, Holy Samuel, the Bishop of New Jersey, and of course, the Reverend Mark Twain. Joe B. Fulton has not written a study of Samuel Langhorne Clemens's religious beliefs, but rather one about Twain's use of theological form and content in a number of his works-some well-known, others not so widely read. Twain adopted such religious personae to burlesque the religious literary genres associated with those vocations. He wrote catechisms, prophecies, psalms, and creeds, all in the theological tradition, but with a comic twist. Twain even wrote a burlesque life of Christ that has the son of God sporting blue jeans and cowboy boots. With his distinctive comic genius, Twain entered the religious dialogue of his time, employing the genres of belief as his vehicle for criticizing church and society. Twain's burlesques of religious form and content reveal a writer fully engaged with the religious ferment of his day. Works like The Innocents Abroad, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, Roughing It, and What Is Man? are the productions of a writer skilled at adopting and adapting established literary and religious forms for his own purposes. Twain is sometimes viewed as a haphazard writer, but in The Reverend Mark Twain, Fulton demonstrates how carefully Twain studied established literary and theological genres to entertain-and criticize-his society. Book jacket.
Mark Twain Under Fire
Joe B. Fulton
Author : Joe B. Fulton
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Criticism
ISBN : 9781640140349
Mark Twain Under Fire by Joe B. Fulton Pdf
Tracks the genesis and evolution of Twain's reputation as a writer, revealing how and why the writer has been under fire since the advent of his career.
Around The World With Mark Twain
Robert Cooper
Author : Robert Cooper
Publisher : Skyhorse
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781611456486
Around The World With Mark Twain by Robert Cooper Pdf
On July 14, 1895, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, fifty-nine years old and deeply in debt, boarded a night train to Cleveland, launching a performance tour designed to alleviate his financial woes, and, more importantly, resuscitate his alter ego, Mark Twain. The journey took him to Fiji, Australia, New Zealand, India, and South Africa, and led to the resurrection of Twain as a celebrity. Equal parts travelogue, social history, and biography, Around the World with Mark Twain paints a decidedly different portrait of Clemens: a more tragic, darker figure who faced financial ruin and personal loss throughout his life. Around the World with Mark Twain delights while deepening our understanding of this magnificent personality.
