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An edition of Mark Twain (1997)

Mark Twain

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Tom Quirk's study provides a comprehensive analysis of the comic genius and narrative originality that makes Mark Twain's short fiction a cornerstone of the American literary tradition. Quirk's presentation of Twain's career as a writer of short fiction is complemented with selections of Twain's essays rounds out this balanced and informative work.

Quirk's aim in Mark Twain: A Study of the Short Fiction is to provide a "descriptive account of Twain's imaginative energies and his literary development as they are revealed in his short fiction." His selections of Twain's writing provide excellent examples of the literary energy that Quirk so vividly describes.

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Twayne Publishers
Language
English
Pages
232

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Subjects
Short story, Criticism and interpretation
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Mark Twain (1835-1910)

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Mark Twain: a study of the short fiction
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Table of Contents

Machine generated contents note: PART 1. THE SHORT FICTION
Introduction 3
The Early Years, 1863-1873:
Oral Tradition and the Individual Talent 20
The Middle Years, 1874-1890:
Literary Respectability and Social Responsibility 56
The Late Years, 1891-1910:
False Starts and Flights of Fancy 86
PART 2. THE WRITER
Introduction 129
Report to the Buffalo Female Academy 132
Reply to the Editor of "The Art of Authorship" 136
Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences 138
How to Tell a Story 150
William Dean Howells 155
PART 3. THE CRITICS
Introduction 165
William Dean Howells 167
Louis J. Budd 170
Don Florence 177
Walter Blair 184
Gregg Camfield 202
Susan K. Harris 208.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-221) and index.

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Series
Twayne's studies in short fiction ;, no. 66

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813/.4
Library of Congress
PS1338 .Q57 1997

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Pagination
xiv, 232 p. :
Number of pages
232

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OL658251M
Internet Archive
marktwainstudyof00tomq
ISBN 10
0805708677
LCCN
97003445
OCLC/WorldCat
36246030
Library Thing
667062
Goodreads
2506022

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