Forrset G. Robinson

Cambridge Companion to Mark Twain

Herausgeber: Forrest G., Robinson; Robinson, Forrest G.

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Produktbeschreibung

These essays examine Twain from a wide variety of critical perspectives, and include timely reflections by major critics on the hotly debated dynamics of race and slavery perceptible throughout his writing.

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Produktdetails

• Cambridge Companions to Literature
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780521445931
• ISBN-10: 0521445930
• Artikelnr.: 21387173

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Chronology of Mark Twain's life
1. Mark Twain as an American icon Louis J. Budd
2. The innocent at large: Mark Twain's travel writing Forrest G. Robinson
3. Mark Twain and women Shelley Fisher Fishkin
4. Mark Twain's civil war: humor's reconstructive writing Neil Schmitz
5. Banned in Concord: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and classic American literature Myra Jehlen
6. Black critics and Mark Twain D. L. Smith
7. Mr Clemens and Jim Crow: Twain race and blackface Eric Lott
8. Speech acts and social action: Mark Twain and the politics of literary performance Evan Carton
9. How the boss played the game: Twain's critique of imperialism in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court John Carlos Rowe
10. Mark Twain's travels in the racial occult: Following the Equator and the dream tales Susan Gillman
11. Mark Twain's theology: the Gods of a Brevet presterian Stanley Brodwin
Further reading
Index.