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Mark Twain in the company of women by Skandera-Trombley, Laura E. is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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The Field Of Mark Twain Biography Has Been Dominated By Men, And Samuel Clemens Himself - Riverboat Pilot, Western Correspondent, Silver Prospector, World Traveler - Has Been Traditionally Portrayed As A Man's Man. The Publication Of Laura E. Skandera-trombley's Mark Twain In The Company Of Women, However, Marks A Significant Departure From Conventional Scholarship. Skandera-trombley, The First Woman To Write A Scholarly Biography Of Mark Twain, Contends That Clemens Intentionally Surrounded Himself With Women, And That His Capacity To Produce Extended Fictions Had Almost As Much To Do With The Environment Shaped By His Female Family As With The Talent And Genius Of The Writer Himself. Women Helped Clemens To Define His Boundaries, Both Personal And Literary. Women Shaped His Life, Edited His Books, And Provided Models For His Fictional Characters. Clemens Read And Corresponded With Female Authors, And Often Actively Promoted Their Careers.^ Skandera-trombley Seeks To Combine A Biographical Study Of Clemens's Life With His Beloved Wife, Olivia (livy) Langdon, And Their Three Daughters, Susy, Clara, And Jean, With New Readings Of Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn And Personal Recollect

Author

Skandera-Trombley, Laura E.

Publisher

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published

1994

Language

EN

ISBN

9780812232189

Subjects

Literary Criticism, History, Biography