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.
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.
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.
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.
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