Achilles and the tortoise : Mark Twain's fictions /

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& Nbsp;Covering the entire body of Mark Twain's fiction, Clark Griffith in Achilles and the Tortoise answers two questions: How did Mark Twain write? And why is he funny? Griffith defines and demonstrates Mark Twain's poetics and, in doing so, reveals Twain's ability to create and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Griffith, Clark, 1924-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©1998.
Temas:
Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910 > Criticism and interpretation.
Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910 > Critique et interprétation.
Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910
Humorous stories, American > History and criticism.
Récits humoristiques américains > Histoire et critique.
Humorous stories, American.
Humor (grappigheden)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:& Nbsp;Covering the entire body of Mark Twain's fiction, Clark Griffith in Achilles and the Tortoise answers two questions: How did Mark Twain write? And why is he funny? Griffith defines and demonstrates Mark Twain's poetics and, in doing so, reveals Twain's ability to create and sustain human laughter. Through a close reading of the fictions-short and long, early and late-Griffith contends that Mark Twain's strength lay not in comedy or in satire or (as the 19th century understood the term) even in the practice of humor. Rather his genius lay in the joke, specifically the "sick joke
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 284 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-278) and index.
ISBN:9780817385248
081738524X

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