A historical guide to Mark Twain / 
edited by Shelley Fisher Fishkin. 
 - Oxford ;  New York :  Oxford University Press,  2002. 
 - viii, 318 pages :  illustrations ;  22 cm. 
 - Historical guides to American authors .
 - Historical guides to American authors. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-298) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0195132920 9780195132922 0195132939 9780195132939 0195302281 9780195302288 9786610530748 6610530742 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>9780195132939 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2001055962 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA300359  bnb GBA302794  bnb GBA3-02794 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 --Knowledge--History.<br/>Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 --Political and social views.<br/>Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 --Knowledge--History.<br/>Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 --Political and social views.<br/>Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 <br/>Twain, Mark.<br/>Twain, Mark.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>1800-1899 <br/>1800-1900. <br/>1900-1910. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Literature and history--History--United States--19th century.<br/>Literature and society--History--United States--19th century.<br/>18.06 Anglo-American literature.<br/>Literature and history.<br/>Literature and society.<br/>Political and social views.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS1342.H5  / H57 2002 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>818/.409