Author: Louis J. Budd
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521390248
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
The American Critical Archives is a series of reference books that provide representative selections of contemporary reviews of the main works of major American authors. Specifically, each volume contains both full reviews and excerpts from reviews that appeared in newspapers and weekly and monthly periodicals, generally within a few months of the publication of the work concerned. This 1999 book is a systematic, comprehensive gathering of the reviews (primarily in the United States and Britain) of Mark Twain's books published up until 1917. The reviews collected here are essential reading for anyone interested in Twain criticism and reception. In addition, by devoting attention to each individual work, the volume provides the broadest possible perspective on Twain's career.
Mark Twain
Author: Louis J. Budd
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521390248
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
The American Critical Archives is a series of reference books that provide representative selections of contemporary reviews of the main works of major American authors. Specifically, each volume contains both full reviews and excerpts from reviews that appeared in newspapers and weekly and monthly periodicals, generally within a few months of the publication of the work concerned. This 1999 book is a systematic, comprehensive gathering of the reviews (primarily in the United States and Britain) of Mark Twain's books published up until 1917. The reviews collected here are essential reading for anyone interested in Twain criticism and reception. In addition, by devoting attention to each individual work, the volume provides the broadest possible perspective on Twain's career.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521390248
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
The American Critical Archives is a series of reference books that provide representative selections of contemporary reviews of the main works of major American authors. Specifically, each volume contains both full reviews and excerpts from reviews that appeared in newspapers and weekly and monthly periodicals, generally within a few months of the publication of the work concerned. This 1999 book is a systematic, comprehensive gathering of the reviews (primarily in the United States and Britain) of Mark Twain's books published up until 1917. The reviews collected here are essential reading for anyone interested in Twain criticism and reception. In addition, by devoting attention to each individual work, the volume provides the broadest possible perspective on Twain's career.
A True Story, And, The Recent Carnival of Crime
Author: Mark Twain
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Humorous stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Humorous stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Critical Companion to Mark Twain
Author: R. Kent Rasmussen
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438108524
Category : Authors, American
Languages : en
Pages : 1159
Book Description
Praise for the previous edition:RASD/ALA "Outstanding Reference Source, 1996""'Essential' is the word for it!
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438108524
Category : Authors, American
Languages : en
Pages : 1159
Book Description
Praise for the previous edition:RASD/ALA "Outstanding Reference Source, 1996""'Essential' is the word for it!
First and Other Editions of the Writings of Samuel Langhorne Clemens "Mark Twain" and of Lafcadio Hearn
Author: Merle De Vore Johnson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Tom Sawyer
Author: Tim Mucci
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 1402733992
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
A graphic novel adaptation of Mark Twain's "Tom Sawyer," in which Tom Sawyer finds adventure and friendship along the Mississippi River.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 1402733992
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
A graphic novel adaptation of Mark Twain's "Tom Sawyer," in which Tom Sawyer finds adventure and friendship along the Mississippi River.
The New Mark Twain Handbook
Author: E. Hudson Long
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351379984
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
This authors of this useful handbook, originally published in 1985, not only summarise Mark Twain scholarship, but also evaluate, in much detail, the various contributions. Each chapter includes a thorough annotated bibliography. This title also includes a comprehensive chronological table of the significant events in Mark Twain’s Life, including the publication dates of his works. This title will be of interest to students of American Literature.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351379984
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
This authors of this useful handbook, originally published in 1985, not only summarise Mark Twain scholarship, but also evaluate, in much detail, the various contributions. Each chapter includes a thorough annotated bibliography. This title also includes a comprehensive chronological table of the significant events in Mark Twain’s Life, including the publication dates of his works. This title will be of interest to students of American Literature.
Essays on Modern Novelists
Author: William Lyon Phelps
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Representative Novelists of the Nineteenth Century
Author: Mackenzie Bell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Half Hours with Representative Novelists of the Nineteenth Century, Being Passages from Their Works with Brief Biographies and Introductions and a Critical Essay
Author: Mackenzie Bell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
The Routledge Encyclopedia of Mark Twain
Author: J.R. LeMaster
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135881359
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 882
Book Description
"A model reference work that can be used with profit and delight by general readers as well as by more advanced students of Twain. Highly recommended." - Library Journal The Routledge Encyclopedia of Mark Twain includes more than 700 alphabetically arranged entries that cover a full variety of topics on this major American writer's life, intellectual milieu, literary career, and achievements. Because so much of Twain's travel narratives, essays, letters, sketches, autobiography, journalism and fiction reflect his personal experience, particular attention is given to the delicate relationship between art and life, between artistic interpretations and their factual source. This comprehensive resource includes information on: Twain’s life and times: the author's childhood in Missouri and apprenticeship as a riverboat pilot, early career as a journalist in the West, world travels, friendships with well-known figures, reading and education, family life and career Complete Works: including novels, travel narratives, short stories, sketches, burlesques, and essays Significant characters, places, and landmarks Recurring concerns, themes or concepts: such as humor, language; race, war, religion, politics, imperialism, art and science Twain’s sources and influences. Useful for students, researchers, librarians and teachers, this volume features a chronology, a special appendix section tracking the poet's genealogy, and a thorough index. Each entry also includes a bibliography for further study.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135881359
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 882
Book Description
"A model reference work that can be used with profit and delight by general readers as well as by more advanced students of Twain. Highly recommended." - Library Journal The Routledge Encyclopedia of Mark Twain includes more than 700 alphabetically arranged entries that cover a full variety of topics on this major American writer's life, intellectual milieu, literary career, and achievements. Because so much of Twain's travel narratives, essays, letters, sketches, autobiography, journalism and fiction reflect his personal experience, particular attention is given to the delicate relationship between art and life, between artistic interpretations and their factual source. This comprehensive resource includes information on: Twain’s life and times: the author's childhood in Missouri and apprenticeship as a riverboat pilot, early career as a journalist in the West, world travels, friendships with well-known figures, reading and education, family life and career Complete Works: including novels, travel narratives, short stories, sketches, burlesques, and essays Significant characters, places, and landmarks Recurring concerns, themes or concepts: such as humor, language; race, war, religion, politics, imperialism, art and science Twain’s sources and influences. Useful for students, researchers, librarians and teachers, this volume features a chronology, a special appendix section tracking the poet's genealogy, and a thorough index. Each entry also includes a bibliography for further study.