Mark Twain: Comprehensive Research and Study Guide (Bloom's Major Novelist) (Library Binding)

by Harold Bloom (Editor)

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"Harold Bloom adds some fantastic critical literary guides, providing interpretations and issues that should reach a wide audience from adults to young adults at the high school and college levels." --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Harold Bloom suggests Twain is "never far away from representing the fundamental savagery in human nature and human society." In this title, you will examine Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, and Pudd'nhead Wilson.

Also featured is a comprehensive biography of Mark Twain, a user's guide, detailed plot summaries of each novel, extracts from important critical essays, a complete bibliography of Twain's works, an index of themes and ideas, and editor's notes and introduction by Harold Bloom. This series, Bloom's Major Novelists, is edited by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University; Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Professor of English, New York University Graduate School; preeminent literary critic of our time.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Library Binding: 104 pages
• Publisher: Chelsea House Publications (September 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0791052567
• ISBN-13: 978-0791052563
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.7 ounces
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