Mark Twain in Three Moods

Mark Twain in Three Moods PDF Author: Dixon Wecter
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Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Mark Twain in Three Moods

Mark Twain in Three Moods PDF Author: Dixon Wecter
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Mark Twain in Three Moods

Mark Twain in Three Moods PDF Author: Mark Twain
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Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Mark Twain in Three Moods

Mark Twain in Three Moods PDF Author: Mark Twain
Publisher: San Mario [Calif.] : Friends of the Huntington Library
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Category : Authors, American
Languages : en
Pages : 42

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Mark Twain in Three Moods

Mark Twain in Three Moods PDF Author: Mark Twain
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Mark Twain in Three Moods

Mark Twain in Three Moods PDF Author: Dixon Wecter
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ISBN: 9780841495111
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Mark Twain in Three Moods

Mark Twain in Three Moods PDF Author: Dixon Wecter
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Mark Twain's Letters, Volume 3

Mark Twain's Letters, Volume 3 PDF Author: Mark Twain
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520906082
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 788

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"Don't scold me, Livy—let me pay my due homage to your worth; let me honor you above all women; let me love you with a love that knows no doubt, no question—for you are my world, my life, my pride, my all of earth that is worth the having." These are the words of Samuel Clemens in love. Playful and reverential, jubilant and despondent, they are filled with tributes to his fiancée Olivia Langdon and with promises faithfully kept during a thirty-four-year marriage. The 188 superbly edited letters gathered here show Samuel Clemens having few idle moments in 1869. When he was not relentlessly "banged about from town to town" on the lecture circuit or busily revising The Innocents Abroad, the book that would make his reputation, he was writing impassioned letters to Olivia. These letters, the longest he ever wrote, make up the bulk of his correspondence for the year and are filled with his acute wit and dazzling language. This latest volume of Mark Twain's Letters captures Clemens on the verge of becoming the celebrity and family man he craved to be. This volume has been supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities and by a major donation to the Friends of The Bancroft Library from the Pareto Fund.

Mark Twain

Mark Twain PDF Author: Louis J. Budd
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 9780826213686
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290

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"Much has been written about Mark Twain's social and political attitudes, but Mark Twain: Social Philosopher is the most comprehensive study of the subject that has been made. Mr. Budd's treatment is thorough and detailed, supported by illuminating analysis and plentiful documentation. He presents his material well in a forthright, readable style that moves at a springy pace agreeably free from academic heavy-footedness." --Indiana Magazine of History "Louis J. Budd performs the service of tracing the growth of Twain's social and political convictions and thus showing his relationship to the age in which he lived. . . . Based upon extensive research in newspapers of the day, the personal letters, and other little-known material, as well as intensive analysis of the most relevant works by Twain, Budd's careful and balanced study is an important contribution."--Modern Fiction Newsletter "Budd is one of those rare and highly-to-be-prized people who consistently say good things in a graceful way. Writing about Mark Twain in a fashion that would not make Mark Twain swear if he read the result is a test not often passed. Professor Budd passes it with flying colors."--Mississippi Quarterly "Well written, vital, filled with a sharpness and humor reminiscent of Twain himself, [Mark Twain: Social Philosopher] is a penetrating and sustained analysis of Twain's development as a social critic, and shows his interest in the social issues of his day. It is a model of good criticism, honest analysis, and fine writing." --American Writers in Rebellion "Anyone who wants to read Mark Twain against the changing background of his time will turn with gratitude to Mr. Budd's patient, unpretentious, and revealing book."--Virginia Quarterly Review

Mark Twain's Autobiography

Mark Twain's Autobiography PDF Author: Mark Twain
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Category : Authors, American
Languages : en
Pages : 402

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Selected from Mark Twain's typescript.

Mark Twain And The South

Mark Twain And The South PDF Author: Arthur G. Pettit
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 081318276X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 269

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The South was many things to Mark Twain: boyhood home, testing ground for manhood, and the principal source of creative inspiration. Although he left the South while a young man, seldom to return, it remained for him always a haunting presence, alternately loved and loathed. Mark Twain and the South was the first book on this major yet largely ignored aspect of the private life of Samuel Clemens and one of the major themes in his writing from 1863 until his death. Arthur G. Pettit clearly demonstrates that Mark Twain's feelings on race and region moved in an intelligible direction from the white Southern point of view he was exposed to in his youth to self-censorship, disillusionment, and, ultimately, a deeply pessimistic and sardonic outlook in which the dream of racial brotherhood was forever dead. Approaching his subject as a historian with a deep appreciation for literature, he bases his study on a wide variety of Mark Twain's published and unpublished works, including his notebooks, scrapbooks, and letters. An interesting feature of this illuminating work is an examination of Clemens's relations with the only two black men he knew well in his adult years.