The mythologizing of Mark Twain /

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Readers of Mark Twain seldom doubt his genius, but defining that genius and locating its source continue to challenge students of American literature. Equally elusive is an explanation of the intriguing phenomenon of Twain as a mythic figure, both shaper and embodier of an American mythos. Perhaps n...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Davis, Sara deSaussure (Editor ), Beidler, Philip D. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Tuscaloosa, Alabama] : University of Alabama Press, 1984.
Temas:
Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910 > Criticism and interpretation > Congresses.
Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910.
Humorous stories, American > History and criticism > Congresses.
Récits humoristiques américains > Histoire et critique > Congrès.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Humorous stories, American.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Illustrations; Introduction / Sara deSaussure Davis; Part I: America Mythologizes Twain; Collecting the Works of Mark Twain / John C. Gerber; ""Norman Rockwell Sentimentality"": The Rockwell Illustrations for Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn / Allison R. Ensor; Part II: Twain Mythologizes Twain; Autobiography as Property: Mark Twain and His Legend / Alan Gribben; Mark Twain, ""Funniest Man in the World"" / Henry Nash Smith; A ""Talent for Posturing"": The Achievement of Mark Twain's Public Personality / Louis J. Budd; Life on the Mississippi Revisited / James M. Cox.
  • Part III: Twain Mythologizes America and the UniverseMark Twain and the Myth of the West / Harold H. Kolb, Jr.; Mark Twain and the Myth of the Daring Jest / Stanley Brodwin; Notes; Contributors; Index.

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