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Originally published in 1993. The purpose of this volume is to lay out documents which give an estimate of Mark Twain as a humourist in both historical scope and in the analysis of modern scholars. The emphasis in this collection is on how Twain developed from a contemporary humourist among many others of his generation into a major comic writer and American spokesman and, in several more recent essays by younger Twain scholars, the outcomes of that development late in his career. The essays determine how the humor takes on meaning and importance and how the humor works in a number of ways in the literary canon and even in the persona of Mark Twain. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)818.409Literature English (North America) Authors, American and American miscellany Later 19th Century 1861-1900Classificazione LCVotoMedia: Nessun voto.Sei tu?Diventa un autore di LibraryThing. |
“Originally published in 1993. The purpose of this volume is to lay out documents which give an estimate of Mark Twain as a humourist in both historical scope and in the analysis of modern scholars. The emphasis in this collection is on how Twain developed from a contemporary humourist among many others of his generation into a major comic writer and American spokesman and, in several more recent essays by younger Twain scholars, the outcomes of that development late in his career.”
The book is divided into critical remarks by periods of Twain’s life: early, middle and late. The topics addressed include: burlesque travel literature, regional studies, the novel genre, dramatic structure, methodless digressions, insightful lecturing, slang, farce, race, fame, anecdotes, banal theology, and autobiographic humor. Many of these are reviews of Twain in general, genres within his canon or individual works.
Since most of these are historic documents, this is an important artifact for Twain’s researchers as it would help a researcher find patterns, changes, or unique key words across these more insightful comments on an American classic.