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Author Messent, Peter, 1946-

Title The Cambridge introduction to Mark Twain / Peter Messent.

Publication Info. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 138 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Cambridge introductions to literature
Cambridge introductions to literature.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-131) and index.
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.
Summary "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 writing, and summarises the contentious and important debates about his literary and cultural position."--Jacket.
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Subject Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
Genre/Form Handbooks and manuals.
Subject Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Authors, American.
Chronological Term 19th century
Genre/Form Biographies.
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Handbooks and manuals.
Biographies.
Other Form: Print version: Messent, Peter B. Cambridge introduction to Mark Twain. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007 0521854458 9780521854450 (DLC) 2006025243 (OCoLC)70836760
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