TY  - BOOK
AU  - Messent,Peter
TI  - The Cambridge Introduction to Mark Twain
T2  - Cambridge introductions to literature
SN  - 0521854458 (hbk.)
AV  - PS 1331 .M47 2007
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Cambridge, UK, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Twain, Mark,
KW  - Twain, Mark.
KW  - Authors, American
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Biography
KW  - Handbooks, manuals, etc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-131) and index; Mark Twain's life -- The early life -- Riverboating, the Civil War, the west -- Early success, marriage, the Hartford years -- Expatriation, financial loss, family tragedy -- The final years -- Contexts -- Samuel Langhorne Clemens and 'Mark Twain' -- Works -- Twain's humour -- Travel and travel writing : Innocents abroad, A tramp abroad, Roughing it, Life on the Mississippi -- Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn -- A Connecticut yankee and Pudd'nhead Wilson -- Critical reception and the late works -- Guide to further reading
N2  - "This introduction provides a biography of the author and situates his works in the historical and cultural context of his times. Peter Messent gives readings of the best-known writings including Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. He pays particular attention to the way Twain's humour works and how it underpins his prose style. The final chapter provides up-to-date analysis of the recent critical reception of Twain's writing, and summarises the contentious and important debates about his literary and cultural position."--BOOK JACKET
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