A historical guide to Mark Twain / edited by Shelley Fisher Fishkin.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Historical guides to American authorsPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.Description: viii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0195132920
  • 9780195132922
  • 0195132939
  • 9780195132939
  • 0195302281
  • 9780195302288
  • 9786610530748
  • 6610530742
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 818/.409 21
LOC classification:
  • PS1342.H5 H57 2002
Online resources:
Contents:
Mark Twain, 1835-1910: a brief biography / Forrest Robinson -- "A moralist in disguise": Mark Twain and American religion / Harold K. Bush, Jr. -- A republican artisan in the court of king capital: Mark Twain and commerce / Gregg Camfield -- Mark Twain and race / Shelley Fisher Fishkin -- Mark Twain and gender / Susan K. Harris -- Mark Twain and social class / Robert E. Weir -- Mark Twain and imperialism / Jim Zwick.
Action note:
  • Legacy 2018
Summary: The Historical Guides to American Authors is an interdisciplinary, historically sensitive series that combines close attention to the United States' most widely read and studied authors with a strong sense of time, place, and history. Placing each writer in the contect of the vibrant relationship between literature and contemporary social, political, and cultural relevance. they also include a capsule biography and illustrated chronology detailing important cultural events as they coincided with the author's life and works, while photographs and illustrations dating from the period capture the flavor of the author's time and social milieu. Equally accessible to students of literature and of life, the volumes offer a complete and rounded picture of each author in his or her America. -- back cover.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Odessa College Stacks 818.409 C625YH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 51994001469479

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-298) and index.

Mark Twain, 1835-1910: a brief biography / Forrest Robinson -- "A moralist in disguise": Mark Twain and American religion / Harold K. Bush, Jr. -- A republican artisan in the court of king capital: Mark Twain and commerce / Gregg Camfield -- Mark Twain and race / Shelley Fisher Fishkin -- Mark Twain and gender / Susan K. Harris -- Mark Twain and social class / Robert E. Weir -- Mark Twain and imperialism / Jim Zwick.

The Historical Guides to American Authors is an interdisciplinary, historically sensitive series that combines close attention to the United States' most widely read and studied authors with a strong sense of time, place, and history. Placing each writer in the contect of the vibrant relationship between literature and contemporary social, political, and cultural relevance. they also include a capsule biography and illustrated chronology detailing important cultural events as they coincided with the author's life and works, while photographs and illustrations dating from the period capture the flavor of the author's time and social milieu. Equally accessible to students of literature and of life, the volumes offer a complete and rounded picture of each author in his or her America. -- back cover.

Legacy 2018 UoY

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.