The Reconstruction of Mark Twain : How a Confederate Bushwhacker Became the Lincoln of Our Literature /

When Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter in April 1861, thousands of patriotic southerners rushed to enlist to fight for the Confederate cause. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, who grew up in the border state of Missouri in a slave-holding family, was among them. Clemens, who later achieved fame as the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Fulton, Joe B., 1962-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910
Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910 > Political and social views.
Political and social views.
Literature and society.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Litterature et societe > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Literature and society > United States > History > 19th century.
United States.
History
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "The killing of strangers": Mark Twain's Missouri and the Civil War, 1835-1861
  • "I naturally love a Yankee": Twain's civil war in Nevada, 1861-1864
  • "The genative, dative, and ablative cases of traitors": Twain's San Francisco satires, 1864-1866
  • Seeking a reputation "That shall stand fire": Twain, Reconstruction, and the impeachment crisis in Washington, 1866-1869
  • The "Lincoln of our literature": the reconstructed Mark Twain, 1870-1910.

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