Mark Twain Among The Scholars [Hardcover]

Richard Hill (Author), Jim McWilliams (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0878755276 | ISBN-13: 978-0878755271 | Publication Date: April 1, 2002

This collection of essays focuses on Mark Twain scholarship and how it has evolved from about 1900 to 2000, with a particular emphasis on critical excess in the last two decades.

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From the Publisher

This collection of essays edited by Richard Hill & Jim McWilliams focuses on Mark Twain scholarship and how it has evolved from about 1900 until 2000, with a particular emphasis on critical excess in the last two decades. The essays in this book address the late 20th-century critics who seem overly concerned with a variety of issues and questions tangential to Twain's writing. It would seem that the more sensational the claim about Twain or his work (whether or not he was an abusive parent, racist, homosexual, pedophile, drunkard--and so on), the more recognition the claimants have received from both the popular and academic presses. This book is for those who appreciate Mark Twain's writing and who have an abiding interest in keeping the record straight on his life and work, no matter which current Twain "expert" is grabbing headlines. Louis Budd, the contemporary dean of Twain scholars, speaks in his introduction for generations of readers in praising Twain as an extraordinary writer and individual.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 168 pages
• Publisher: Whitston Publishing Company (April 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0878755276
• ISBN-13: 978-0878755271
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.2 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,521,535 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)