A Historical Guide to Mark Twain Contributor(s): Fishkin, Shelley Fisher (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0195132939 ISBN-13: 9780195132939 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $44.54 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2002 Annotation: Mark Twain (born Samuel Clemens), a former printer's apprentice, journalist, steamboat pilot, and miner, remains to this day one of the most enduring and beloved of America's great writers. Combining cultural criticism with historical scholarship, A Historical Guide to Mark Twain addresses a wide range of topics relevant to Twain's work, including religion, commerce, race, gender, social class, and imperialism. Like all of the Historical Guides to American Authors, this volume includes an introduction, a brief biography, a bibliographic essay, and an illustrated chronology of the author's life and times. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General - History | United States - 19th Century |
Dewey: 818.409 |
LCCN: 2001055962 |
Series: Historical Guides to American Authors (Paperback) |
Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.8" W x 8.38" (0.94 lbs) 328 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Mark Twain (born Samuel Clemens), a former printer's apprentice, journalist, steamboat pilot, and miner, remains to this day one of the most enduring and beloved of America's great writers. Combining cultural criticism with historical scholarship, A Historical Guide to Mark Twain addresses a wide range of topics relevant to Twain's work, including religion, commerce, race, gender, social class, and imperialism. Like all of the Historical Guides to American Authors, this volume includes an introduction, a brief biography, a bibliographic essay, and an illustrated chronology of the author's life and times. |