Robert Mcparland

Mark Twain's Audience

A Critical Analysis of Reader Responses to the Writings of Mark Twain

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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 and humor that Twain brought to their lives.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 351g
• ISBN-13: 9781498504287
• ISBN-10: 1498504280
• Artikelnr.: 44842751

Autorenporträt

Robert McParland is associate professor of English at Felician College in New Jersey.

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS Acknowledgments Chapter 1. America's Mark Twain Chapter 2. The
Innocents Abroad and the American Reader Chapter 3. Marketing Mark Twain
Chapter 4. The Trouble That Began at Eight: Audiences for Twain's Lectures
Chapter 5. Childhood Reading Chapter 6. Reading in Cultural Institutions
Chapter 7. The Variety of Readers: Gender, Race, Ethnicity Chapter 8. The
Global Audience Chapter 9. Mark Twain's Audience and His Afterlife Notes
Bibliography About the author Index