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Centenary reflections on Mark Twain's No. 44, the mysterious stranger /
"Collection of essays by accomplished Twain scholars examines Mark Twain's unfinished and last significant full-length work of fiction, No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger, attests to the importance of this late work, and addresses its significance as a culminating work on the nature of truth...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Columbia :
University of Missouri Press,
©2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments; Introduction: Joseph Csicsila and Chad Rohman; I. Cross-Cultural and Transnational Mappings in No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger; "I ain' no dread being": The Minstrel Mask as Alter Ego Sharon D. McCoy; Mark Twain's Last Cakewalk: Racialized Performance in No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger Henry B. Wonham; "The Chronicle of Young Satan" and No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger: A Transnationalist Reading Peter Messent; Chamisso's Peter Schlemihl and Mark Twain's Mysterious Stranger: German Literature and the Composition of the Mysterious Stranger Manuscripts Horst Kruse.
- II. Prophecy, Pleasure, Pain, and Redemption in the Mysterious Stranger ManuscriptsThe Prophetic Imagination, the Liberal Self, and the Ending of No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger Harold K. Bush, Jr.; Mark Twain and the Accusing Angel: "The Chronicle of Young Satan" and Samuel Clemens's Argument with the Inscrutable Michael J. Kiskis; Transcendental Hedonism? Sex, Song, Food, and Drink in No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger and "My Platonic Sweetheart" Gregg Camfield.
- "Silly creations of an imagination that is not conscious of its freaks": Multiple Selves, Wordless Communication, and the Psychology of Mark Twain's No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger Randall KnoperIII. Structural, Temporal, and Philosophical Paradox in No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger; No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger: The Final Soliloquy of a "Littery Man"James S. Leonard; No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger as Literary Comedy David E.E. Sloane; Samuel Clemens, Duality, and Time Travel David Lionel Sm ith; Dreams and Metaphors in No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger John Bird.
- Mark Twain's Mysterious Strangers and the Motions of the Mind Bruce MichelsonAfterword: Mark Twain's Postmodern Tale Found in a Jug Alan Gribben; Bibliography and Critical Resources for Further Reading; Contributors; Index.