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100 1 _aSloane, David E.
245 1 0 _aStudent Companion to Mark Twain.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bBloomsbury Publishing USA,
_c2001.
264 4 _c©2001.
300 _a1 online resource (200 pages)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aStudent Companions to Classic Writers Series
505 0 _aCover -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- 1 The Life of Mark Twain -- 2 Twain's Career and Contributions to American Literature -- MARK TWAIN'S CAREER -- MARK TWAIN AND AMERICAN HUMOR -- LOCAL COLOR IN TWAIN'S WORK -- TWAIN AND REALISM -- HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL LITERARY INFLUENCES FROM ENGLAND AND AMERICA -- TWAIN'S INFLUENCES ON OTHERS -- 3 Twain's Early Short Stories and Sketches -- "THE DANDY FRIGHTENING THE SQUATTER" (1852) -- "JIM SMILEY AND HIS JUMPING FROG" (1865) -- Setting -- Plot -- Characters -- Thematic Issues -- "CANNIBALISM IN THE CARS" (1868) -- Setting -- Plot -- Characters -- Thematic Issues -- "SOCIABLE JIMMY" (1874) -- "A TRUE STORY" (1874) -- Setting -- Plot -- Characters -- Thematic Issues -- OTHER TALES AND STORIES -- 4 The Personal Travel Narratives: The Innocents Abroad (1869), Roughing It (1872), Life on the Mississippi (1883), and Others -- THE INNOCENTS ABROAD (1869) -- Setting and Characters -- Plot and Thematic Issues -- ROUGHING IT (1872) -- Setting and Characters -- Plot and Thematic Issues -- LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI (1882) -- Setting and Characters -- Plot and Thematic Issues -- OTHER TRAVEL BOOKS -- HISTORICAL BACKGROUND -- ALTERNATE READING: ECO-CRITICISM -- 5 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) -- SETTING -- PLOT DEVELOPMENT -- CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT -- THEMATIC ISSUES -- HISTORICAL BACKGROUND -- ALTERNATE READING: FEMINIST CRITICISM -- 6 The Prince and the Pauper (1881) -- HISTORICAL SETTING -- PLOT DEVELOPMENT -- CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT -- THEMATIC ISSUES -- HISTORICAL BACKGROUND -- ALTERNATE READING: MARXIST CRITICISM -- 7 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885) -- THE PREFACES AND THE ILLUSTRATIONS -- HISTORICAL SETTING -- PLOT DEVELOPMENT -- CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT -- THEMATIC ISSUES -- STYLISTIC AND LITERARY DEVICES -- HISTORICAL BACKGROUND -- A RACIAL READING OF ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN.
505 8 _a8 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) -- HISTORICAL SETTING -- PLOT DEVELOPMENT -- CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT -- THEMATIC ISSUES -- STYLISTIC AND LITERARY DEVICES -- HISTORICAL BACKGROUND -- ALTERNATE READING: A BAKHTINIAN READING -- NOTES -- 9 Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894) -- PLOT DEVELOPMENT -- CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT -- THEMATIC ISSUES -- STYLISTIC AND LITERARY DEVICES -- HISTORICAL BACKGROUND -- ALTERNATE READING: NEW HISTORICISM -- NOTES -- 10 Twain's Later Short Writings -- "THE MAN THAT CORRUPTED HADLEYBURG" (1899) -- Setting -- Plot -- Characters -- Thematic Issues -- "A DOG'S TALE" (1903) -- "KING LEOPOLD'S SOLILOQUY" (1905) -- THE DIARIES OF ADAM AND EVE (1893, 1905) -- "EXTRACTS FROM CAPTAIN STORMFIELD'S VISIT TO HEAVEN" (1907) -- Setting -- Plot -- Characters -- Thematic Issues -- "THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER" (1916) -- Bibliography -- MAJOR WORKS BY MARK TWAIN -- COLLECTED EDITIONS -- OTHER WORKS BY MARK TWAIN -- GENERAL STUDIES -- REFERENCE -- BIOGRAPHIES -- CONTEMPORARY REVIEWS -- The Innocents Abroad or The New Pilgrim's Progress (1869) -- Roughing It, or The Innocents at Home (1872) -- Sketches, New and Old (1875) -- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) -- A Tramp Abroad (1880) -- Life on the Mississippi (1883) -- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884-1885) -- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) -- The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894) -- Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc (1896) -- Following the Equator, or More Tramps Abroad (1897) -- CRITICAL STUDIES -- SELECTED STUDIES OF INDIVIDUAL WORKS -- The Innocents Abroad -- The Prince and the Pauper -- Life on the Mississippi -- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer -- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn -- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court -- The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson and the Comedy of Those Extraordinary Twins -- OTHER ANTHOLOGIES OF CRITICISM.
505 8 _aSECONDARY SOURCES -- Index -- About the Author.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aTwain, Mark, -- 1835-1910 -- Examinations -- Study guides.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aSloane, David E.
_tStudent Companion to Mark Twain
_dNew York : Bloomsbury Publishing USA,c2001
_z9780313312199
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
830 0 _aStudent Companions to Classic Writers Series
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