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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Contents |
Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations Used; Introduction: Mark Twain's Periodical Murders; 1. "We Pine for Murder": Mark Twain's Sensational Journalism and "Philosophic Observation," 1862-1866; 2. The Space Betwixt the Garden and the Devil: Mark Twain's "Personal" and "Public" Reports on Stages and Coaches, 1862-1864; 3. Exposing Hackmen and Demoralizers: Mark Twain's Punishment of Metropolitan Beasts, 1864; 4. Between Law and Outlaw: Mark Twain's Anti-Gallows Sentiment, 1861-1872; 5. Laura: Mark Twain's Conflation of Gender Performance and Judgment, 1863-1873 |
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Afterword: Mark Twain's Contradictory "Messiness": Murderer, Judge and HangmanChapter Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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West (U.S.) -- In literature.
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Crime in literature.
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Crime in literature. |
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West (U.S.) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
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Intellectual life. |
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Literature. |
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West United States. |
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1800-1899 |
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Print version: Roark, Jarrod D. Mark Twain at the Gallows : Crime and Justice in His Western Writing, 1861-1873. Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, ©2019 9781476679730 |
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1476638055 (electronic book) |
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9781476638058 (electronic book) |
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