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This Introduction Provides A Biography Of The Author And Situates His Works In The Historical And Cultural Context Of His Times. Peter Messent Gives 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 Literary And Cultural Position.--jacket. Mark Twain's Life -- The Early Life -- Riverboating, 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 -- Guide To Further Reading. Peter Messent. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 127-131) And Index.

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Author

Peter B Messent

Publisher

CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS; Cambridge University Press

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780511610974

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Memoir, History