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Mark Twain, Culture and Gender
Language: en
Pages: 252
Authors: J. D. Stahl
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-03-01 - Publisher: University of Georgia Press

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Often regarded as the quintessential American author, Mark Twain in fact mined his knowledge and experience of Europe as assiduously as he did his adventures on
Acting Naturally
Language: en
Pages: 264
Authors: Randall K. Knoper
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 1995-01-01 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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"Clarifies why understanding Mark Twain's writing is essential to understanding enduring patterns and problems in American culture. Conversely, it compellingly
Twain, Alcott, and the Birth of the Adolescent Reform Novel
Language: en
Pages: 233
Authors: Roberta S. Trites
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-11 - Publisher: University of Iowa Press

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Trites argues that Twain and Alcott wrote on similar topics because they were so deeply affected by the Civil War, by cataclysmic emotional and financial losses
A Companion to Mark Twain
Language: en
Pages: 597
Authors: Peter Messent
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-08-17 - Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

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This broad-ranging companion brings together respected American and European critics and a number of up-and-coming scholars to provide an overview of Twain, his
Mark Twain
Language: en
Pages: 245
Authors: Peter Messent
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-01-28 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

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This book provides an overview of Mark Twain's work and a close critical analysis of the forms and themes of his major texts. The author uses recent cultural an