On Mark Twain
The Best from American Literature
Will be published approx. on 23. September 1987
Book
Hardback
312 pages
978-0-8223-0759-4 (ISBN)
Description
From 1929 to the latest issue, American Literature has been the foremost journal expressing the findings of those who study our national literature. American Literature has published the best work of literary historians, critics, and bibliographers, ranging from the founders of discipline to the best current critics and researchers. The longevity of this excellence lends a special distinction to the articles in American Literature. Presented in order of their first appearance, the articles in each volume constitute a revealing record of developing insights and important shifts of critical emphasis. Each article has opened a fresh line of inquiry, established a fresh perspective on a familiar topic, or settled a question that engaged the interest of experts.
Reviews / Votes
"This volume on Twain is among the first in a series of critical appraisals of American authors, 'The Best from American Literature,' which reprints articles from the pages of that prestigious journal. . . . This amounts to a fascinating portrait of Samuel Clemens as author/performer/reformer/husband-man and public figure, thereby profiling the evolution of literary opinion and arbitration of an emerging canon."Overall, this valuable entry in the process of recollecting our past scholarship amounts to a most useful overview of American literary study. More important, the Twain selections represent an acutely balanced chronology of a complex talent. This volume and those following should be invaluable additions to academic collections." - Choice
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
North Carolina
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Weight
816 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8223-0759-4 (9780822307594)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Louis J. Budd and Edwin H. Cady, eds.
Content
Series Introduction vii
Science in the Thought of Mark Twain (1937) / Hyatt Howe Waggoner 1
Mark Twain's Indebtedness to John Phoenix (1941) / Gladys Carmen Bellamy 15
Mark Twain as Translator from the German (1941) / Dixon Wecter 31
Mark Twain's Lecture Tour of 1868-1869: "The American Vandal Abroad" (1955) / Fred W. Lorch 39
The Pilot and the Passenger: Landscape Conventions and the Style of Huckleberry Finn (1956) / Leo Marx 53
Mark Twain's Joan of Arc: The Child as Goddess (1959) / Albert E. Stone, Jr. 71
The Composition and Structure of Tom Sawyer (1961) / Hamlin L. Hill 91
The Sober Affirmation of Mark Twain's Hadleyburg (1962) / Clinton S. Burnhans, Jr. 105
Alias Macfarlane: A Revision of Mark Twain Biography (1966) / Paul Baender 115
Mark Twain's Later Dialogue: The 'Me' and the Machine (1970) / John S. Tuckey 127
Pudd'nhead Wilson: A Parable of Property (1970) / George M. Spangler 139
Mark Twain's Masks of Satan: The Final Phase (1973) / Stanley Brodwin 149
Mark Twain the Tourist: The Form of The Innocents Abroad (1977) / Bruce Michelson 171
The Meaning of A Connecticut Yankee (1978) / Everett Carter 185
The Lonesomeness of Huckleberry Finn (1981) / Paul Schacht 209
The Reprobate Elect in The Innocents Abroad (1982) / Robert Regan 223
Mark Twain: The Victorian of Southwestern Humor (1982) / Leland Krauth 241
How Mark Twain Survived Sam Clemens' Reformation (1983) / Jeffrey Steinbrink 259
Mark Twain and the Endangered Family (1985) / James Grove 277
Index 295
Science in the Thought of Mark Twain (1937) / Hyatt Howe Waggoner 1
Mark Twain's Indebtedness to John Phoenix (1941) / Gladys Carmen Bellamy 15
Mark Twain as Translator from the German (1941) / Dixon Wecter 31
Mark Twain's Lecture Tour of 1868-1869: "The American Vandal Abroad" (1955) / Fred W. Lorch 39
The Pilot and the Passenger: Landscape Conventions and the Style of Huckleberry Finn (1956) / Leo Marx 53
Mark Twain's Joan of Arc: The Child as Goddess (1959) / Albert E. Stone, Jr. 71
The Composition and Structure of Tom Sawyer (1961) / Hamlin L. Hill 91
The Sober Affirmation of Mark Twain's Hadleyburg (1962) / Clinton S. Burnhans, Jr. 105
Alias Macfarlane: A Revision of Mark Twain Biography (1966) / Paul Baender 115
Mark Twain's Later Dialogue: The 'Me' and the Machine (1970) / John S. Tuckey 127
Pudd'nhead Wilson: A Parable of Property (1970) / George M. Spangler 139
Mark Twain's Masks of Satan: The Final Phase (1973) / Stanley Brodwin 149
Mark Twain the Tourist: The Form of The Innocents Abroad (1977) / Bruce Michelson 171
The Meaning of A Connecticut Yankee (1978) / Everett Carter 185
The Lonesomeness of Huckleberry Finn (1981) / Paul Schacht 209
The Reprobate Elect in The Innocents Abroad (1982) / Robert Regan 223
Mark Twain: The Victorian of Southwestern Humor (1982) / Leland Krauth 241
How Mark Twain Survived Sam Clemens' Reformation (1983) / Jeffrey Steinbrink 259
Mark Twain and the Endangered Family (1985) / James Grove 277
Index 295