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The Cambridge introduction to Mark Twain

Author: Peter B Messent
Publisher: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Series: Cambridge introductions to literature.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"This introduction provides a biography of the author and situates his works in the historical and cultural context of his times. Peter Messent gives readings of the best-known writings including Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. He pays particular attention to the way Twain's humour works and how it underpins his prose style. The final chapter provides up-to-date analysis of the recent critical reception of Twain's  Read more...
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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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This clear and incisive introduction situates Twain's works in the historical and cultural context of his times.  Read more...
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