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The Life and Work of Mark Twain

Stephen Railton

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Description:Samuel Clemens, the man known to history as Mark Twain, was more than one of America's greatest writers. He was our first true celebrity, one of the most photographed faces of the 19th and 20th centuries.This course explores Twain's dual identities as one of our classic authors and as an almost mythical presence in our nation's cultural life. It seeks to appreciate Twain's literary achievements and to understand his life by highlighting seven of his major works:Innocents AbroadRoughing ItOld Times on the MississippiThe Adventures of Tom SawyerAdventures of Huckleberry FinnA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's CourtThe Tragedy of Pudd'nhead WilsonProfessor Stephen Railton is extraordinarily qualified to bring to light the subtlest insights into Twain's texts. An expert on Twain, he has appeared on The Newshour with Jim Lehrer as a distinguished Twain scholar and is the creator of Mark Twain in His Times, an award-winning Internet archive about Twain's life and career. Professor Railton shows the issues that concerned Twain most throughout his lifetime and that appear repeatedly in the pages of his books.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Life and Work of Mark Twain. To get started finding The Life and Work of Mark Twain, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 510

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: N/A

Release: 2002

ISBN: 1565855124

Description: Samuel Clemens, the man known to history as Mark Twain, was more than one of America's greatest writers. He was our first true celebrity, one of the most photographed faces of the 19th and 20th centuries.This course explores Twain's dual identities as one of our classic authors and as an almost mythical presence in our nation's cultural life. It seeks to appreciate Twain's literary achievements and to understand his life by highlighting seven of his major works:Innocents AbroadRoughing ItOld Times on the MississippiThe Adventures of Tom SawyerAdventures of Huckleberry FinnA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's CourtThe Tragedy of Pudd'nhead WilsonProfessor Stephen Railton is extraordinarily qualified to bring to light the subtlest insights into Twain's texts. An expert on Twain, he has appeared on The Newshour with Jim Lehrer as a distinguished Twain scholar and is the creator of Mark Twain in His Times, an award-winning Internet archive about Twain's life and career. Professor Railton shows the issues that concerned Twain most throughout his lifetime and that appear repeatedly in the pages of his books.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Life and Work of Mark Twain. To get started finding The Life and Work of Mark Twain, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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