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Mainly the Truth: Interviews with Mark Twain (Amer Lit Realism & Naturalism) (Studies in American Literary Realism & Naturalism)
Mark Twain
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Paperback. Presents a collection of the colorful and vivacious interviews that the author gave to newspapers and reporters throughout his career. Editor(s): Scharnhorst, Gary. Num Pages: 344 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
Mainly the Truth is a collection of the most colorful and vivacious interviews that Mark Twain gave to newspapers and reporters throughout his career. A master storyteller and raconteur, Twain understood the value of publicity, and these interviews capture Twain at his most lively and in moments of candor and introspection. In his interviews, Twain discussed such topical issues as hazing and civil service reform, and more enduring concerns, such as his lecture style, his writings, government corruption, humor, his bankruptcy, racism, suffrage, imperialism, international copyright, and his impressions of other writers (Howells, Gorky, George Bernard Shaw, Tennyson, Longfellow, Kipling, ... Read more
Mainly the Truth is a collection of the most colorful and vivacious interviews that Mark Twain gave to newspapers and reporters throughout his career. A master storyteller and raconteur, Twain understood the value of publicity, and these interviews capture Twain at his most lively and in moments of candor and introspection. In his interviews, Twain discussed such topical issues as hazing and civil service reform, and more enduring concerns, such as his lecture style, his writings, government corruption, humor, his bankruptcy, racism, suffrage, imperialism, international copyright, and his impressions of other writers (Howells, Gorky, George Bernard Shaw, Tennyson, Longfellow, Kipling, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Alabama Press
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Alabama, United States
ISBN
9780817355395
SKU
V9780817355395
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About Mark Twain
Gary Scharnhorst is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of New Mexico. He is the author or editor of over thirty books and editor of the journal American Literary Realism.
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