Cambridge Introduction to Mark Twain

Name: Cambridge Introduction to Mark Twain
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ISBN: 9780521670753

ISBN-10: 0521670756

ISBN-13: 9780521670753

Edition: 2007

Authors: Peter Messent

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Mark Twain is a central figure in nineteenth-century American literature, and his novels are among the best-known and most often studied texts in the field. This clear and incisive introduction provides a biography of the author and situates his works in the historical and cultural context of his times. Peter Messent gives accessible but penetrating 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…

Book details

List price: $32.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 3/8/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 152
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.31" tall
Weight: 0.462
Language: English



Preface


Note on referencing



Mark Twain's life


The early life


River boating, 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


Notes


Guide to further reading


Index