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Mark Twain is a central figure in nineteenth-century American literature, and his novels are among the best-known and most often studied texts in the field. This clear and incisive Introduction provides a biography of the author and situates his works in the historical and cultural context of his times. Peter Messent gives accessible but penetrating readings of the best-known writings including Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. He pays particular attention to the way Twain's humour works and how it underpins his prose style. The final chapter provides up-to-date analysis of the recent critical reception of Twain's writing, and summarises the contentious and important debates about his literary and cultural position. The guide to further reading will help those who wish to extend their research and critical work on the author. This book will be of outstanding value to anyone coming to Twain for the first time.

Twain, Mark --- Authors, American --- Twain, Mark, --- Tvėn, Mark --- Tuėĭn, Mark --- Tuwayn, Mārk --- Twayn, Mārk --- Tʻu-wen, Ma-kʻo --- Tven, M. --- Touen, Makū --- Twain, Marek --- Make Tuwen --- Tuwen, Make --- Make Teviin --- Твен, Марк --- Touain, Mark --- טבןַ, מרק, --- טוויין, מארק, --- טוויין, מרק, --- טווין, מארק, --- טווין, מרק, --- טווען, מארק, --- טוין, מרק, --- טװען, מארק, --- טװײן, מארק, --- 馬克吐温, --- Tuvāyn, Mārk --- Tvāyn, Mārk --- تواين، مارک --- Clemens, Samuel Langhorne --- Snodgrass, Quintus Curtius --- Conte, Louis de --- American authors --- Arts and Humanities --- Literature

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"Explores Mark Twain's use of cross-dressing across his career by exposing the cast of his characters who masqueraded as members of the opposite sex or who otherwise defied gender expectations. Morris grounds her study in an understanding of the era's theatrical cross-dressing and changing mores, and events in Clemens's own household"--Provided by publisher.

Sex role in literature. --- American wit and humor --- American literature --- History and criticism. --- Twain, Mark, --- Twain, Mark --- Tvėn, Mark --- Tuėĭn, Mark --- Tuwayn, Mārk --- Twayn, Mārk --- Tʻu-wen, Ma-kʻo --- Tven, M. --- Touen, Makū --- Twain, Marek --- Make Tuwen --- Tuwen, Make --- Make Teviin --- Твен, Марк --- Touain, Mark --- טבןַ, מרק, --- טוויין, מארק, --- טוויין, מרק, --- טווין, מארק, --- טווין, מרק, --- טווען, מארק, --- טוין, מרק, --- טװען, מארק, --- טװײן, מארק, --- 馬克吐温, --- Tuvāyn, Mārk --- Tvāyn, Mārk --- تواين، مارک --- Clemens, Samuel Langhorne --- Snodgrass, Quintus Curtius --- Conte, Louis de --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Characters.

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"Johnson examines the worth of liberal democracy and the question of cultural development by looking at novels by James Fenimore Cooper, Mark Twain, and William Dean Howells. Using the fictions to explore the richness of everyday life, he offers new insight into the relationship between the state and the individual"--Provided by publisher.

American fiction --- Liberalism in literature. --- Democracy in literature. --- Individualism in literature. --- Liberalism. --- Democracy. --- Individualism. --- Economics --- Equality --- Political science --- Self-interest --- Sociology --- Libertarianism --- Personalism --- Persons --- Self-government --- Representative government and representation --- Republics --- Liberal egalitarianism --- Liberty --- Social sciences --- History and criticism. --- Cooper, James Fenimore, --- Twain, Mark, --- Howells, William Dean, --- Howells, W. D. --- Howells, William D. --- Twain, Mark --- Tvėn, Mark --- Tuėĭn, Mark --- Tuwayn, Mārk --- Twayn, Mārk --- Tʻu-wen, Ma-kʻo --- Tven, M. --- Touen, Makū --- Twain, Marek --- Make Tuwen --- Tuwen, Make --- Make Teviin --- Твен, Марк --- Touain, Mark --- טבןַ, מרק, --- טוויין, מארק, --- טוויין, מרק, --- טווין, מארק, --- טווין, מרק, --- טווען, מארק, --- טוין, מרק, --- טװען, מארק, --- טװײן, מארק, --- 馬克吐温, --- Tuvāyn, Mārk --- Tvāyn, Mārk --- تواين، مارک --- Clemens, Samuel Langhorne --- Snodgrass, Quintus Curtius --- Conte, Louis de --- American, --- Author of the Pioneers, --- Author of The spy, --- Cooper, Fenimore, --- Cooper, J. Fenimore --- Honorary member of the U.S. Naval Lyceum, --- Kuper, Džems Fenimor, --- Kuper, Dzheĭms Fenimor, --- Kuper, Fenimor, --- Morgan, Jane, --- Pioneers, Author of the, --- Spy, Author of the, --- Купер, Джеймс Фенимор, --- קפר, פ., --- קופעער, ג'ימס --- קופער, פ., --- קופר, פ. --- קופר, ג׳אמס פנימור, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Cooper, Fenimore --- Cooper, James Fenimore --- Kuper, Džems Fenimor --- Kuper, Dzheĭms Fenimor --- Kuper, Fenimor --- Morgan, Jane --- Pioneers, Author of the --- Spy, Author of the --- Купер, Джеймс Фенимор

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This book considers a range of twentieth-century novelists who practise a creative mode of reading the Bible, exploring aspects of the Book of Genesis which more conventional biblical criticism sometimes ignores. Each chapter considers some of the interpretive challenges of the relevant story in Genesis, especially those noted by rabbinic midrash, which serves as a model for such creative rewriting of the biblical text. All the novelists considered, from Mark Twain, John Steinbeck and Thomas Mann to Jeanette Winterson, Anita Diamant and Jenny Diski, are shown to have been aware of the midrashi

American fiction --- English fiction --- Religion in literature --- Religion and literature --- History and criticism --- History --- Twain, Mark, --- Steinbeck, John, --- Mann, Thomas, --- Religion --- Bible. --- In literature --- American fiction. --- English fiction. --- Religion and literature. --- Religion in literature. --- Twain, Mark. --- American Literature --- English --- Languages & Literatures --- -English fiction --- -Religion in literature. --- -82-97 --- Literature --- Literature and religion --- Religion in drama --- Religion in poetry --- English literature --- American literature --- History and criticism. --- History. --- Religieuze literatuur --- Moral and religious aspects --- Twain, Mark --- Steinbeck, John --- -Mann, Thomas --- -トーマス・マン --- 斯坦贝克约翰 --- Criticism and interpretation --- Be-reshit (Book of the Old Testament) --- Bereshit (Book of the Old Testament) --- Bytie (Book of the Old Testament) --- Chʻangsegi (Book of the Old Testament) --- Genesis (Book of the Old Testament) --- Sifr al-Takwīn --- Takwīn (Book of the Old Testament) --- In literature. --- -Criticism and interpretation --- 82-97 Religieuze literatuur --- Clemens, Samuel Langhorne --- -Clemens, Samuel Langhorne --- トーマス・マン --- 82-97 --- Tvėn, Mark, --- Tuėĭn, Mark, --- Tuwayn, Mārk, --- Twayn, Mārk, --- Tʻu-wen, Ma-kʻo, --- Tven, M. --- Touen, Makū, --- Twain, Marek, --- Make Tuwen, --- Tuwen, Make, --- Make Teviin, --- Твен, Марк, --- Touain, Mark, --- טבןַ, מרק, --- טוויין, מארק, --- טוויין, מרק, --- טווין, מארק, --- טווין, מרק, --- טווען, מארק, --- טוין, מרק, --- טװען, מארק, --- טװײן, מארק, --- 馬克吐温, --- Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, --- Snodgrass, Quintus Curtius, --- Conte, Louis de, --- Steĭnbek, Dzhon, --- Ssu-tʻan-pei-kʻo, --- Steinbeck, John Ernst, --- Sutainbekku, Jon Ānsuto, --- Sṭainbeḳ, G'., --- Stainmpek, Tzōn, --- Sṭenbeḳ, G'on, --- Ishtāynʹbik, --- Ishtāynʹbik, Jān, --- Steynbek, Con, --- Sṭeinabeka, Jana, --- Стейнбек, Джон, --- ג׳והן, סטיינרג --- סטיינבק ג׳והן --- סטיינבק, ג׳ --- סטיינבק, ג׳והן --- סטיינבק, ג׳והן, --- סטיינבק, ג׳ון --- סטיינבק, ג׳ון, --- סטײנבק, ג׳והן, --- סטײנבק, ג׳ון, --- استاين‌بك، جان ارنست --- ジョンスタインベック, --- ジョン.スタインベック, --- スタインベック, ジョン, --- Stainbeki, Jon, --- Man, Tomas, --- Man, Tʻomasŭ, --- Mān, Tūmās, --- Manas, Tomas, --- Mani, Tʻomas, --- Mann, Paul Thomas, --- Mann, Tomas, --- Mann, Tomasz, --- Thomas, Paul, --- Манн, Томас, --- מאן, תומאס --- מאן, תומאס, --- מאן, טאמאס --- מאן, טאמאס, --- מן, תומס --- מן, טומס --- מן, טומס, --- Religion. --- Tuvāyn, Mārk, --- تواين، مارک --- Tvāyn, Mārk, --- Istāyin Bak, Jān, --- استاين بک، جان --- マン・トオマス --- マン, トーマス --- Steĭnbek, Dzhon --- Ssu-tʻan-pei-kʻo --- Steinbeck, John Ernst --- Sutainbekku, Jon Ānsuto --- Sṭainbeḳ, G'. --- Stainmpek, Tzōn --- Sṭenbeḳ, G'on --- Ishtāynʹbik, Jān --- Steynbek, Con --- Sṭeinabeka, Jana --- Стейнбек, Джон --- Mann, Paul Thomas --- Mann, Thomas --- Tvėn, Mark --- Tuėĭn, Mark --- Tuwayn, Mārk --- Twayn, Mārk --- Tʻu-wen, Ma-kʻo --- Touen, Makū --- Twain, Marek --- Make Tuwen --- Tuwen, Make --- Make Teviin --- Твен, Марк --- Touain, Mark --- Tuvāyn, Mārk --- Tvāyn, Mārk --- Snodgrass, Quintus Curtius --- Conte, Louis de --- مان، توماس --- American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism --- English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism --- Religion and literature - History --- Twain, Mark, - 1835-1910 - Religion --- Steinbeck, John, - 1902-1968 - Religion --- Mann, Thomas, - 1875-1955 - Religion --- Twain, Mark, - 1835-1910 --- Steinbeck, John, - 1902-1968 --- Mann, Thomas, - 1875-1955