A Historical Guide to Mark Twain - Couverture souple

Fishkin, Shelley Fisher

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0195132939 ISBN 13 : 9780195132939

Editeur : Oxford University Press USA, 2002

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A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Mark Twain (born Samuel Clements), a former printer's apprentice, journalist, steamboat pilot, lapsed Confederate soldier and miner, remains to this day one of the most enduring and beloved of America's great writers. Beyond his works themselves, the details of Mark Twain's life - his dry sense of humour, his penchant for the absurd, his investments, and his rejection of racism - all contribute to his stature as an American icon. Combining cultural criticism with historical scholarship, A Historical Guide to Mark Twain addresses a wide range of topics relevant to Mark Twain's work, including religion, commerce, race, gender, social class, and imperialism. This volume also contains and introduction, a brief biography, a bibliographic essay, and an illustrated chronology of the author's life and times.

Revue de presse :

Twain's views on anything and everything are examined here in concise but sufficiently detailed chapters on topics ranging from race, gender, religion, commerce, and imperialism.... To the student interested not only in Twain's writings, but in the broader subject of his eventful times, this should be a welcome addition. (Virginia Quarterly Review)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press USA
• Date d'édition: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0195132939
• ISBN 13: 9780195132939
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 328