Mark Twain's Audience : a critical analysis of reader responses to the writings of Mark Twain /

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The unique contribution of this book is the focus upon the testimony of Twain's audience as a unique "reading community"--How his fiction intersected with their real lives, how he impacted American publishing, literacy, and educational reform, and how Americans loved the theatricality...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McParland, Robert (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2014]
Subjects:
Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910 > Appreciation > United States.
Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910 > Influence.
Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910
Books and reading > United States > History.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Art appreciation
Books and reading
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • America's Mark Twain
  • The Innocents abroad and the American reader
  • Marketing Mark Twain
  • The trouble that began at eight: audiences for Twain's lectures
  • Childhood reading
  • Reading in cultural institutions
  • The variety of readers: gender, race, ethnicity
  • The global audience
  • Mark Twain's audience and his afterlife.

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