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A Companion to Mark Twain
Contributor(s): Messent, Peter (Editor), Budd, Louis J. (Editor)
ISBN: 1119045398     ISBN-13: 9781119045397
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $58.85  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: August 2015
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | American - General
Dewey: 818.409
Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.5" W x 9.5" (1.85 lbs) 592 pages
 
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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