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ix, 212 pages ; 25 cm |
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-208) and index. |
| Contents |
Two ways of viewing the world -- Pilgrims and sinners -- Transformation of a tenderfoot -- Discovery of the river and the town -- The California bull and the gracious singers -- A sound heart and a deformed conscience -- An object lesson in democracy -- This pathetic drift between the eternities. |
| Summary |
This book considers first the problems of style and structure Mark Twain faced at the outset of his career, and then traces his handling of these problems in nine of his principal works. Since questions of technique necessarily involve questions of meaning, I have dealt also with his ethical ideas. The inquiry leads ultimately to the consideration of how his writing reveals a conflict between the dominant culture of his day and an emergent attitude associated with the vernacular language of the native American humorists. - Preface. |
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
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Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography.
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 (OCoLC)fst00031622
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Authors, American. (OCoLC)fst00821764
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| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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| ISBN |
0674548752 |
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9780674548756 |
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