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A Historical Guide to Mark Twain
Contributor(s): Fishkin, Shelley Fisher (Editor)
ISBN: 0195132939     ISBN-13: 9780195132939
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
OUR PRICE:   $44.54  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: October 2002
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Annotation: Mark Twain (born Samuel Clemens), a former printer's apprentice, journalist, steamboat pilot, and miner, remains to this day one of the most enduring and beloved of America's great writers. Combining cultural criticism with historical scholarship, A Historical Guide to Mark Twain addresses a
wide range of topics relevant to Twain's work, including religion, commerce, race, gender, social class, and imperialism. Like all of the Historical Guides to American Authors, this volume includes an introduction, a brief biography, a bibliographic essay, and an illustrated chronology of the
author's life and times.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | American - General
- History | United States - 19th Century
Dewey: 818.409
LCCN: 2001055962
Series: Historical Guides to American Authors (Paperback)
Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.8" W x 8.38" (0.94 lbs) 328 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1900-1949
- Chronological Period - 1851-1899
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
 
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Publisher Description:
Mark Twain (born Samuel Clemens), a former printer's apprentice, journalist, steamboat pilot, and miner, remains to this day one of the most enduring and beloved of America's great writers. Combining cultural criticism with historical scholarship, A Historical Guide to Mark Twain addresses a
wide range of topics relevant to Twain's work, including religion, commerce, race, gender, social class, and imperialism. Like all of the Historical Guides to American Authors, this volume includes an introduction, a brief biography, a bibliographic essay, and an illustrated chronology of the
author's life and times.