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Author Messent, Peter, 1946-

Title Mark Twain and male friendship : the Twichell, Howells, and Rogers friendships / Peter Messent.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

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 Moore Stacks  PS1333 .M47 2009    Available  ---
Description vii, 250 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Male friendship and post-Civil War America -- Clemens and Twichell -- Clemens, Twichell, and religion -- "My dear 'Owells" : Clemens and Howells -- Clemens, Howells, and realism -- Clemens, manhood, and the Rogers friendship, and "Which was the dream?" -- Clemens and Rogers : "both members of this club" -- Coda: Friendship's limits : fathers and daughters.
Subject Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Friends and associates.
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
Friends and associates.
Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography.
Authors, American.
Chronological Term 19th century
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Twichell, Joseph Hopkins, 1838-1918 -- Friends and associates.
Twichell, Joseph Hopkins, 1838-1918.
Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 -- Friends and associates.
Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920.
Rogers, Henry Huttleston, 1840-1909 -- Friends and associates.
Rogers, Henry Huttleston, 1840-1909.
Male friendship -- United States -- History.
Male friendship.
United States.
History.
Men's friendships.
Genre/Form Biographies.
ISBN 9780195391169 alkaline paper
0195391160 alkaline paper