Mark Twain A Short Introduction [Paperback]

This book introduces Mark Twain through close readings of his seven major works, including Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, Connecticut Yankee and Pudd’nhead Wilson.

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• Introduces Mark Twain through close readings of his seven major works, including Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, Connecticut Yankee and Pudd’nhead Wilson.
  
• Investigates the tension between the real-life person, Samuel Clemens, and the fictional person, Mark Twain.
  
• Provides an original reading of Twain’s obsession with performance and popularity.
  
• Analyses the significance of Twain’s books for American culture and identity.
  
• Illustrated with images from first editions of Twain’s works.
  
• A short appendix directs readers to the author’s award-winning website on ‘Mark Twain in his Times’.

List of Figures.

Preface.

1. Going East: Innocents Abroad.

2. Going West: Roughing It.

3. Going Home: Tom Sawyer.

4. Running Away: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

5. Lost in Time: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Cour.

6. Looking for Refuge – Pudd’nhead Wilson and “Hadleyburg”.

Appendix: Mark Twain in His Times: An Electronic Archive.

Notes.

Index.

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