* * One of the most broad-ranging volumes to appear on Mark Twain in recent years. * * Brings together respected Twain critics and a number of younger scholars in the field to provide an overview of this central figure in American literature. Editor(s): Messent, Peter; Budd, Louis J. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 175 x 245 x 29. Weight in Grams: 888. . 2015. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . .

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A Companion to Mark Twain

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John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Publication Date

2015

Language

English

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9781119045397

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Soft cover

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1st Edition

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This broad-ranging companion brings together respected American and European critics and a number of up-and-coming scholars to provide an overview of Twain, his background, his writings, and his place in American literary history.

One of the most broad-ranging volumes to appear on Mark Twain in recent years
Brings together respected Twain critics and a number of younger scholars in the field to provide an overview of this central figure in American literature
Places special emphasis on the ways in which Twain's works remain both relevant and important for a twenty-first century audience
A concluding essay evaluates the changing landscape of Twain criticism

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Peter Messent is Emeritus Professor of Modern American Literature at Nottingham University. He is the author of The Crime Fiction Handbook (2012), the prize-winning Mark Twain and Male Friendship (2009), The Short Works of Mark Twain: A Critical Study (2001), Mark Twain (1997), Ernest Hemingway (1992), and New Readings of the American Novel: Narrative Theory and its Application (1990).

Louis J. Budd died after this book was first published, in 2011. He was James B. Duke Professor (Emeritus) of American Literature at Duke University, where he taught American Literature from 1981 to 1991. He was also the author of Mark Twain: Social Philosopher (reissued 2001) and Our Mark Twain: The Making of his Public Personality (1983) and the editor of Mark Twain: The Contemporary Reviews (1999). He served as founding president of the Mark Twain Circle of America

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