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ISBN: 1283278634 9786613278630 0520950607 Year: 2011 Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press,
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o Includes the authoritative texts for eleven pieces written between 1868 and 1902o Publishes, for the first time, the complete text of "Villagers of 1840-3," Mark Twain's astounding feat of memoryo Features a biographical directory and notes that reflect extensive new research on Mark Twain's early life in MissouriThroughout his career, Mark Twain frequently turned for inspiration to memories of his youth in the Mississippi River town of Hannibal, Missouri. What has come to be known as the Matter of Hannibal inspired two of his most famous books, Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, and provided the basis for the eleven pieces reprinted here. Most of these selections (eight of them fiction and three of them autobiographical) were never completed, and all were left unpublished. Written between 1868 and 1902, they include a diverse assortment of adventures, satires, and reminiscences in which the characters of his own childhood and of his best-loved fiction, particularly Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer, come alive again. The autobiographical recollections culminate in an astounding feat of memory titled "Villagers of 1840-3" in which the author, writing for himself alone at the age of sixty-one, recalls with humor and pathos the characters of some one hundred and fifty people from his childhood. Accompanied by notes that reflect extensive new research on Mark Twain's early life in Missouri, the selections in this volume offer a revealing view of Mark Twain's varied and repeated attempts to give literary expression to the Matter of Hannibal.
Indians of North America --- Humorous stories, American. --- Finn, Huckleberry --- Sawyer, Tom --- 19th century authors. --- 19th century literature. --- american authors. --- american humorists. --- american lit. --- american literature criticism. --- american literature. --- american writers. --- bildungsroman. --- classic lit. --- classic literature. --- famous authors. --- famous books. --- father of american literature. --- growing up. --- high school english class. --- huckleberry finn. --- literary criticism and theory. --- literary criticism. --- literary movements and periods. --- mark twain biography. --- mark twain life. --- samuel langhorne clemens. --- short stories. --- Finn, Huckleberry (Fictitious character) --- Sawyer, Tom (Fictitious character)
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ISBN: 0520959639 9780520959637 0520280733 9780520280731 1322101671 9781322101675 Year: 2014 Publisher: Berkeley University of California Press
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This book publishes, for the first time in full, the two most revealing of Mark Twain's private writings. Here he turns his mind to the daily life he shared with his wife Livy, their three daughters, a great many servants, and an imposing array of pets. These first-hand accounts display this gifted and loving family in the period of its flourishing. Mark Twain began to write "A Family Sketch" in response to the early death of his eldest daughter, Susy, but the manuscript grew under his hands to become an exuberant account of the entire household. His record of the childrens' sayings-"Small Foolishnesses"-is next, followed by the related manuscript "At the Farm." Also included are selections from Livy's 1885 diary and an authoritative edition of Susy's biography of her father, written when she was a teenager. Newly edited from the original manuscripts, this anthology is a unique record of a fascinating family.
Authors, American --- 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 --- Family. --- 19th century american literature. --- american biographies. --- american history. --- american literature. --- american writers. --- anthology about mark twain. --- at the farm. --- author biographies. --- daily life. --- daughters. --- death. --- family bonds. --- family life. --- famous authors. --- humorist. --- loving family. --- marriage and children. --- marriage. --- pen name. --- personal story. --- pets. --- private life. --- private writings. --- rediscovered mark twain. --- samuel langhorne clemens. --- satirist. --- small foolishnesses. --- social critic. --- wife.
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