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| Genre/Form: | Handbooks, manuals, etc Biography Handbooks, manuals, etc |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Mark Twain; Mark Twain; Mark Twain; Mark Twain |
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Peter B Messent |
| ISBN: | 0521854458 9780521854450 0521670756 9780521670753 |
| OCLC Number: | 70836760 |
| Description: | xii, 138 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Mark Twain's life -- The early life -- Riverboating, the Civil War, the west -- Early success, marriage, the Hartford years -- Expatriation, financial loss, family tragedy -- The final years -- Contexts -- Samuel Langhorne Clemens and 'Mark Twain' -- Works -- Twain's humour -- Travel and travel writing : Innocents abroad, A tramp abroad, Roughing it, Life on the Mississippi -- Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn -- A Connecticut yankee and Pudd'nhead Wilson -- Critical reception and the late works -- Guide to further reading. |
| Series Title: | Cambridge introductions to literature. |
| Responsibility: | Peter Messent. |
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Abstract:
This clear and incisive introduction situates Twain's works in the historical and cultural context of his times.
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