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Mark Twain in context / edited by John Bird.

by Bird, John, editor.

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.

Literature in context (Cambridge University Press)

xxxi, 392 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Part 1. Life -- Biography / Gary Scharnhorst -- Reading / Alan Gribben -- Autobiography / John Bird -- Biographies / Kevin Mac Donnell -- Part 2. Literary contexts. Southwestern humor / Henry B. Wonham -- Literary comedians / David E. E. Sloane -- Local color and regionalism / Joseph A. Alvarez -- Early periodical writing / James Caron -- Travel writing / Jeffrey Melton -- Short fiction / Peter Messent -- Publishing / Bruce Michelson -- Lectures and speeches / Tracy Wuster -- Contemporary writers / Kelly Richardson -- Realism and naturalism / Chad Rohman -- Part 3. Historical and cultural contexts. Politics / James S. Leonard -- Business and economics / Lawrence Howe -- Religion / Harold K. Bush -- Science and technology / Nathaniel Williams -- Race and ethnicity : African Americans / Shelley Fisher Fishkin -- Race and ethnicity : Native Americans / Kerry Driscoll -- Race and ethnicity : Chinese / Hsuan L. Hsu -- Cosmopolitanism / Ann M. Ryan -- Gender issues : women and domesticity / Laura Skandera-Trombley -- Gender issues : sexuality / Linda A. Morris -- History / Gregg Camfield -- Animals and animal rights / Emily VanDette -- Nationalism and anti-imperialism / Susan K. Harris -- Philosophy / James Wharton Leonard -- Part 4. Contemporary and early reception and criticism (to 1960) / Joe B. Fulton -- Reception and criticism (1960-present) / Joseph Csicsila -- Translation and international reception / Selina Lai-Henderson -- Part 5. Historical, creative, and cultural legacies. Film, television, and theater adaptations / R. Kent Rasmussen -- Copyright, trademark, and brand / Judith Yaross Lee -- Mark Twain sites / Hillary Iris Lowe.

"Mark Twain In Context will provide the fullest introduction in one volume to the multifaceted life and times of one of the most celebrated American writers. It is a collection of short, lively contributions covering a wide range of topics on Twain's life and works. Twain lived during a time of great change, upheaval, progress, and challenge. He rose from obscurity to become what some have called 'the most recognizable person on the planet.' Beyond his contributions to literature, which were hugely important and influential, he was a businessman, an inventor, an advocate for social and political change, and ultimately a cultural icon. Placing his life and work in the context of his age reveals much about both Mark Twain and America in the last half of the nineteenth century, the twentieth century, and the first decades of the twenty-first century"---Provided by publisher.

"Mark Twain In Context will provide the fullest introduction in one volume to the multifaceted life and times of one of the most celebrated American writers. It is a collection of short, lively contributions covering a wide range of topics on Twain's life and works. Twain lived during a time of great change, upheaval, progress, and challenge. He rose from obscurity to become what some have called 'the most recognizable person on the planet.' Beyond his contributions to literature, which were hugely important and influential, he was a businessman, an inventor, an advocate for social and political change, and ultimately a cultural icon. Placing his life and work in the context of his age reveals much about both Mark Twain and America in the last half of the nineteenth century, the twentieth century, and the first decades of the twenty-first century"---Provided by publisher

Purchased with grant funds from the State Library of Iowa and Institute of Museum and Library Services

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